Table 5.
The impact of weight status a on child-reported item scores and on child-proxy differences item scores
| |
Child-reported score |
Score difference between children and parents |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Weight status β (Increased R
2
) |
Weight status β (Increased R
2
) |
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| Dependent variable: item# b | Grades 3 and 4 | Grades 5 and 6 | Grades 3 and 4 | Grades 5 and 6 | ||||
| Boys |
n = 52 |
n = 51 |
n = 52 |
n = 51 |
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| P2: Hard to run |
−0.620*** |
(0.383) |
−0.304 |
(0.085) |
−0.435** |
(0.188) |
−0.112 |
(0.012) |
| P3: Hard to do sports or exercises |
−0.408** |
(0.166) |
−0.158 |
(0.023) |
−0.233 |
(0.054) |
−0.013 |
(0.000) |
| P8: Low energy |
−0.373** |
(0.139) |
−0.088 |
(0.007) |
−0.213 |
(0.045) |
−0.032 |
(0.001) |
| E2: Feel sad or blue |
−0.343* |
(0.117) |
−0.199 |
(0.037) |
−0.294* |
(0.086) |
−0.056 |
(0.003) |
| E4: Trouble sleeping |
−0.278* |
(0.077) |
0.295 |
(0.080) |
−0.274* |
(0.075) |
0.242 |
(0.054) |
| So2: Other kids don’t want to be friends |
−0.379** |
(0.143) |
−0.029 |
(0.001) |
−0.303* |
(0.091) |
0.017 |
(0.000) |
| So3: Teased |
−0.272 |
(0.074) |
0.075 |
(0.005) |
−0.300* |
(0.090) |
0.008 |
(0.000) |
| So5: Hard to keep up when playing with peers |
−0.263 |
(0.069) |
−0.061 |
(0.003) |
−0.127 |
(0.016) |
−0.050 |
(0.002) |
| Girls |
n = 28 |
n = 56 |
n = 28 |
n = 56 |
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| P2: Hard to run |
−0.290 |
(0.077) |
−0.089 |
(0.008) |
−0.377 |
(0.129) |
−0.141 |
(0.019) |
| P3: Hard to do sports or exercises |
−0.159 |
(0.023) |
−0.186 |
(0.034) |
−0.087 |
(0.007) |
−0.234 |
(0.054) |
| P8: Low energy |
−0.065 |
(0.004) |
−0.160 |
(0.025) |
−0.013 |
(0.000) |
−0.191 |
(0.036) |
| E2: Feel sad or blue |
−0.168 |
(0.026) |
0.012 |
(0.000) |
−0.189 |
(0.032) |
0.125 |
(0.015) |
| E4: Trouble sleeping |
0.053 |
(0.003) |
−0.099 |
(0.010) |
−0.173 |
(0.072) |
−0.129 |
(0.016) |
| So2: Other kids don’t want to be friends |
0.075 |
(0.005) |
−0.337* |
(0.112) |
−0.025 |
(0.001) |
0.137 |
(0.018) |
| So3: Teased |
0.151 |
(0.021) |
−0.411** |
(0.167) |
0.139 |
(0.018) |
0.028 |
(0.001) |
| So5: Hard to keep up when playing with peers | −0.122 | (0.013) | −0.350* | (0.121) | −0.186 | (0.032) | −0.323* | (0.102) |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
aReference group was Normal-weight, and two confounding variables (age and family income) were controlled.
bItems with no significant predictor were omitted.