Table 2.

Correlations with Child and Self Weight Misperception

	Child Weight Misperception (r)	Parent Weight Misperception (r)
Personal Eating Attitudes/Behaviors
Restraint	.05	.04
Overvaluation	−.01	.08**
Dissatisfaction	−.004	.03
Attitudes/Behaviors about Child’s Eating and Body Image
Restraint	−.02	−.04
Overvaluation	.01	.05
Dissatisfaction	−.02	.01
Fat Talk
Self	.02	.10**
Obese Persons	.11***	.05
Child	.09**	.01
Parental Feeding Practices
Perceived Responsibility	−.02	.06*†
Concern about Child Weight	.01	.03
Restriction	.02	.04
Pressure to Eat	−.07*†	−.01
Monitoring	.02	.04
Demographic Characteristics
Age (Parent)	.06	.01
Age (Child)	.11**	−.01
Years of Education (Parent)	.03	.05

Note. N=1007.

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.001,

^†No longer significant with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Positive correlations indicate underestimation is associated with less of the variable and negative correlations indicate underestimation is associated with more of the variable.