Relationship between Attachment Style and Body Mass Index of Children using Ex-Post Facto Research Design
Introduction: ‘Attachment’ refers to a child’s relationship with and the need for its parent, which sets the base for all future relationship patterns and interactions. Underweight and obesity are recognised as complex problems emerging from genetics, poor nutrition, developmental processes, lif...
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| description | Introduction: ‘Attachment’ refers to a child’s relationship with
and the need for its parent, which sets the base for all future
relationship patterns and interactions. Underweight and obesity
are recognised as complex problems emerging from genetics,
poor nutrition, developmental processes, life experiences and
lifestyle. Higher and lower than normal Body Mass Index (BMI) at
an early age is associated with many negative health outcomes,
concurrent as well as later in life. Few studies place BMI within
the framework of the Internal Working Model of attachment
theory due to its power in regulating feeding and emotions in
caregiver/parents relationships with their children, to the best
of authors knowledge none compare the attachment style of
the contrast group of obese, normal and underweight children
within the Indian setting in the same study.
Aim: To investigate the effect of attachment style on BMI of
children.
Materials and Methods: Information on attachment style
(Ricky Finzi-Dottan, 2012) and BMI (Omron model-HBF212)
was collected from 217 early adolescents (10-14-year-old, in
Grade IV-IX) from three private schools of Jaipur. The sample
was divided into three groups as per BMI specifications of Indian
Academy of Paediatrics. Further, contrast group comparison of
underweight, overweight and normal weight adolescents was
identified and computed with the chi-square analysis.
Results: Results confirmed that insecure attachment style is
associated with higher than normal BMI (overweight/obesity),
whereas, children with normal BMI showed secure attachment
style. However, no specific trend of attachment style could be
identified among children with below normal BMI (underweight).
The result was found to be significant (χ2
=35.787, df=2, p<0.01).
Conclusion: Findings suggest that attachment style with
parents/caregiver during the early years are of vital importance
in contributing towards shaping the future course of eating,
feeding pattern, developmental trajectory leading to a healthy or
unhealthy style of life and accumulation of specific experiences,
modus operandi to face challenges leading to problems like
obesity or overweight. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-568db66bdb2740b796d2e75c71e550e02022-12-22T00:16:21ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2018-12-011212SC13SC1710.7860/JCDR/2018/36790.12375Relationship between Attachment Style and Body Mass Index of Children using Ex-Post Facto Research DesignAditya Pareek0Uma Joshi1Ph.D Scholar, Department of Clinical Psychology, Amity Institute of Behavioral and Allied Sciences (AIBAS), Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.Dean, Department of Humanities, Social Science and Liberal Arts, Amity Institute of Behavioral and Allied Sciences (AIBAS), Amity University, Rajasthan, India.Introduction: ‘Attachment’ refers to a child’s relationship with and the need for its parent, which sets the base for all future relationship patterns and interactions. Underweight and obesity are recognised as complex problems emerging from genetics, poor nutrition, developmental processes, life experiences and lifestyle. Higher and lower than normal Body Mass Index (BMI) at an early age is associated with many negative health outcomes, concurrent as well as later in life. Few studies place BMI within the framework of the Internal Working Model of attachment theory due to its power in regulating feeding and emotions in caregiver/parents relationships with their children, to the best of authors knowledge none compare the attachment style of the contrast group of obese, normal and underweight children within the Indian setting in the same study. Aim: To investigate the effect of attachment style on BMI of children. Materials and Methods: Information on attachment style (Ricky Finzi-Dottan, 2012) and BMI (Omron model-HBF212) was collected from 217 early adolescents (10-14-year-old, in Grade IV-IX) from three private schools of Jaipur. The sample was divided into three groups as per BMI specifications of Indian Academy of Paediatrics. Further, contrast group comparison of underweight, overweight and normal weight adolescents was identified and computed with the chi-square analysis. Results: Results confirmed that insecure attachment style is associated with higher than normal BMI (overweight/obesity), whereas, children with normal BMI showed secure attachment style. However, no specific trend of attachment style could be identified among children with below normal BMI (underweight). The result was found to be significant (χ2 =35.787, df=2, p<0.01). Conclusion: Findings suggest that attachment style with parents/caregiver during the early years are of vital importance in contributing towards shaping the future course of eating, feeding pattern, developmental trajectory leading to a healthy or unhealthy style of life and accumulation of specific experiences, modus operandi to face challenges leading to problems like obesity or overweight.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12375/36790_CE[Ra1]_F(SL)_PF1(AJ_SHU)_PFA(AJ_SHU)_PN(SL).pdfanxiousobesityunderweight |
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| title | Relationship between Attachment Style and Body Mass Index of Children using Ex-Post Facto Research Design |
| title_full | Relationship between Attachment Style and Body Mass Index of Children using Ex-Post Facto Research Design |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between Attachment Style and Body Mass Index of Children using Ex-Post Facto Research Design |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between Attachment Style and Body Mass Index of Children using Ex-Post Facto Research Design |
| title_short | Relationship between Attachment Style and Body Mass Index of Children using Ex-Post Facto Research Design |
| title_sort | relationship between attachment style and body mass index of children using ex post facto research design |
| topic | anxious obesity underweight |
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