Family functioning and eating attitudes and behaviors in at-risk early adolescent girls: The mediating role of intra-personal competencies |
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Authors: | Britta?Davis?Dinsmore Email author" target="_blank">Elizabeth?A?StormshakEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) University of Oregon, USA;(2) Counseling Psychology Program, 5251 University of Oregon, 97403 Eugene, OR |
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Abstract: | The relation between perceived family functioning, intra-personal competence, and eating attitudes and behaviors was examined
in a sample of at-risk, ethnically diverse, early adolescents. Both family functioning and intra-personal competencies were
related to eating attitudes and behavior. However, adolescent intra-personal competence, defined as self-control, negative,
and positive coping, mediated the relationship between family functioning and eating attitudes and behaviors. Results suggest
that by early adolescence, important aspects of family environment have consolidated into individual differences in competence
and/or personality. Results are discussed within a developmental framework emphasizing the influence of the family on adolescent
psychosocial development. The implications of these data for prevention and intervention with at-risk adolescent girls are
also discussed.
This work was supported by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH, under Grant DA 07031, to Thomas J. Dishion. Appreciation
is expressed to the parents and adolescents who participated in this study, as well as the staff at the Project Alliance office
in Portland. |
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