Table 3. Results of Parenting Style and Parenting Practices Independent Relationships with Adolescent BMI. Adjusted for Ethnicity/Race, SES and age (maternal and paternal predictors of either style or practice are simultaneously included).
| DF | F Value | p | Parenting Style Adjusted Mean | Parenting Practices Adjusted Mean | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Dependent Variable: BMI | |||||||||||
| Daughters | |||||||||||
| Mother Parenting Style | 3 | .52 | .6671 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.5 | 22.4 | ||||
| Father Parenting Style | 3 | .80 | .4943 | 22.3 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 22.5 | ||||
| Mother Parenting Practices | 3 | 1.82 | .1419 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 22.5 | ||||
| Father Parenting Practices | 3 | 2.65 | .0474 | 22.3 | 21.6a | 21.7b | 22.7a,b | ||||
| Sons | |||||||||||
| Mother Parenting Style | 3 | 2.80 | .0389 | 22.1a | 22.8a,b | 22.3 | 22.1b | ||||
| Father Parenting Style | 3 | 1.66 | .1735 | 22.4 | 22.0 | 22.3 | 22.6 | ||||
| Mother Parenting Practices | 3 | 3.12 | .0251 | 22.4a | 21.6b | 23.0b,c | 21.1a,c | ||||
| Father Parenting Practices | 3 | 1.49 | .2165 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 22.8 | 22.8 | ||||
Key: Parenting Style: 1 = Authoritative, 2 = Authoritarian, 3 = Permissive, 4 = Neglectful Parenting Styles.
Parenting Practices: 1 = Modeling & Encouraging, 2= Modeling Only, Not Encouraging, 3 = Encouraging Only, Not Modeling, 4 = No Modeling or Encouraging.
Note: Means in rows sharing superscripts are significantly different at p < .05. For all means, higher means indicate higher BMI.