Do Parents and Overweight, Treatment-Seeking Youth Provide Similar Ratings of Youths’ Psychosocial Functioning and Fatigue?

Patterns of agreement between parent and child ratings of psychosocial functioning and fatigue in children with obesity were examined. Analyses demonstrated moderate agreement for social anxiety in elementary children and small agreement for social anxiety in adolescents. Results of analyses of over...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings 2016-09, Vol.23 (3), p.247-256
Main Authors: Ehrentraut, Jennifer Harman, Chaves, Eileen, Tang, Xingu, Thompson, Julia, Ward, Wendy L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age groups
Agreements
Body mass index
Cerebral palsy
Child
Children & youth
Family Medicine
Fatigue
Fear
Female
General Practice
Health Psychology
Humans
Intervention
Male
McCracken, Thomas
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Obesity
Overweight
Parents
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Pediatrics
Peers
Quality of Life
Ratings & rankings
Sleep
Social anxiety
Teenagers
Thompson, Phillips
Weight control
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Summary:Patterns of agreement between parent and child ratings of psychosocial functioning and fatigue in children with obesity were examined. Analyses demonstrated moderate agreement for social anxiety in elementary children and small agreement for social anxiety in adolescents. Results of analyses of overall quality of life revealed small agreement in children under the age of 8, large agreement in children ages 8–12, and moderate agreement in adolescents ages 13–18. Overall ratings of fatigue demonstrated moderate agreement both in elementary children and in adolescents. A meaningful relationship was found between each factor measured by a parent and a child. Patterns which were unexpected given the existing literature were found; possible hypotheses explaining these patterns are presented; and the need for further research is highlighted.
ISSN:1068-9583
1573-3572
DOI:10.1007/s10880-016-9458-7