Table 3.
(1) Within-twin Pearson correlations and (2) within-pair twin difference score Pearson correlations (displayed in parentheses) for eating pathology and twin ratings of the parent-child relationship (N = 223).
| Age 11 | Age 14 | Age 17 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | BD | WP | Binge | Total | BD | WP | Binge | Total | BD | WP | Binge | |
| PEQ MOTHER REGARD FOR DAUGHTER | ||||||||||||
| Age 11 | −0.25** (−0.15*) |
−0.24** (−0.20**) |
−0.17* (−0.09) |
−0.24** (−0.05) |
−0.20** (−0.11) |
−0.22** (−0.05) |
−0.15* (−0.12) |
−0.10 (−0.06) |
−0.19* (−0.07) |
−0.19* (−0.06) |
−0.17* (−0.09) |
−0.08 (0.05) |
| Age 14 | −0.09 (−0.10) |
−0.11 (−0.11) |
−0.05 (−0.08) |
0.02 (−0.02) |
−0.16* (−0.19*) |
−0.18* (−0.19*) |
−0.07 (−0.12) |
−0.15 (0.00) |
−0.05 (−0.04) |
−0.07 (−0.02) |
−0.04 (−0.07) |
0.08 (0.11) |
| Age 17 | −0.04 (−0.04) |
0.01 (−0.01) |
−0.03 (−0.02) |
−0.02 (−0.01) |
−0.11 (−0.14) |
−0.11 (−0.11) |
−0.06 (−0.11) |
−0.08 (−0.03) |
−0.11 (−0.23**) |
−0.11 (−0.26**) |
−0.02 (−0.18*) |
−0.13 (−0.09) |
| PEQ FATHER REGARD FOR DAUGHTER | ||||||||||||
| Age 11 | −0.25** (−0.14) |
−0.17* (−0.20**) |
−0.17* (−0.05) |
−0.21** (−0.03) |
−0.20** (−0.14) |
−0.18* (−0.04) |
−0.18* (−0.17*) |
−0.09 (−0.08) |
−0.12 (−0.07) |
−0.12 (−0.06) |
−0.13 (−0.12) |
−0.06 (−0.06) |
| Age 14 | −0.04 (0.02) |
−0.05 (−0.07) |
−0.03 (0.01) |
0.01 (0.05) |
−0.15 (−0.13) |
−0.12 (−0.12) |
−0.06 (−0.03) |
−0.17* (−0.10) |
0.02 (−0.03) |
0.04 (−0.07) |
−0.00 (−0.08) |
0.05 (−0.03) |
| Age 17 | −0.05 (−0.05) |
−0.05 (−0.06) |
−0.01 (−0.03) |
−0.09 (−0.02) |
−0.19* (−0.16) |
−0.18* (−0.02) |
−0.20* (−0.12) |
−0.06 (−0.12) |
−0.27** (−0.28**) |
−0.18* (−0.20*) |
−0.22** (−0.20*) |
−0.24** (−0.23**) |
| PEQ DAUGHTER REGARD FOR MOTHER | ||||||||||||
| Age 11 | −0.21** (−0.21**) |
−0.14 (−0.05) |
−0.17* (−0.18*) |
−0.23** (−0.23**) |
−0.20** (−0.11) |
−0.10 (−0.05) |
−0.13 (−0.02) |
−0.23** (−0.16*) |
−0.24** (−0.03) |
−0.06 (0.03) |
−0.24** (−0.03) |
−0.27** (−0.02) |
| Age 14 | −0.02 (−0.06) |
−0.03 (0.03) |
0.02 (−0.09) |
−0.02 (−0.10) |
−0.03 (−0.14) |
−0.06 (−0.21**) |
0.05 (−0.08) |
−0.02 (−0.11) |
−0.04 (−0.04) |
−0.14 (−0.13) |
−0.04 (−0.09) |
0.13 (0.01) |
| Age 17 | −0.01 (−0.09) |
0.04 (−0.01) |
0.01 (0.00) |
−0.01 (−0.11) |
−0.04 (−0.11) |
−0.05 (−0.11) |
0.04 (−0.05) |
−0.11 (−0.10) |
0.03 (−0.07) |
0.02 (−0.09) |
0.08 (−0.06) |
−0.04 (0.00) |
| PEQ DAUGHTER REGARD FOR FATHER | ||||||||||||
| Age 11 | −0.26** (−0.22**) |
−0.14* (−0.09) |
−0.19** (−0.15*) |
−0.22** (−0.25**) |
−0.19** (−0.10) |
−0.12 (−0.04) |
−0.14 (−0.01) |
−0.18* (−0.16*) |
−0.10 (−0.02) |
−0.03 (0.01) |
−0.11 (−0.03) |
−0.15 (−0.02) |
| Age 14 | −0.01 (0.00) |
−0.02 (−0.06) |
−0.03 (−0.04) |
0.00 (0.00) |
−0.06 (−0.09) |
−0.09 (−0.14) |
0.01 (0.04) |
0.00 (−0.08) |
0.08 (−0.06) |
0.03 (−0.08) |
0.06 (−0.07) |
0.13 (0.00) |
| Age 17 | −0.01 (−0.07) |
0.01 (−0.06) |
−0.01 (0.02) |
−0.04 (−0.04) |
−0.05 (−0.14) |
−0.06 (−0.05) |
−0.06 (−0.12) |
0.00 (−0.11) |
−0.05 (−0.06) |
−0.01 (−0.06) |
−0.07 (−0.02) |
−0.04 (−0.05) |
| PEQ MOTHER INVOLVEMENT | ||||||||||||
| Age 11 | −0.10 (−0.07) |
−0.09 (0.03) |
−0.06 (−0.13) |
−0.15* (−0.06) |
−0.07 (−0.09) |
−0.03 (−0.05) |
−0.02 (−0.04) |
−0.12 (−0.01) |
−0.10 (−0.02) |
0.02 (0.03) |
−0.09 (−0.03) |
−0.21** (0.03) |
| Age 14 | −0.04 (−0.04) |
−0.05 (−0.03) |
0.00 (−0.05) |
0.01 (−0.02) |
−0.06 (−0.07) |
−0.09 (−0.17*) |
0.06 (0.02) |
−0.13 (0.04) |
−0.04 (0.01) |
−0.08 (−0.07) |
0.01 (0.01) |
−0.03 (0.07) |
| Age 17 | −0.05 (0.00) |
−0.01 (−0.01) |
−0.02 (0.02) |
−0.05 (0.00) |
−0.14 (−0.12) |
−0.12 (−0.09) |
−0.04 (−0.02) |
−0.19* (−0.11) |
−0.10 (−0.19*) |
−0.07 (−0.17*) |
−0.01 (−0.14) |
−0.20** (−0.14) |
| PEQ FATHER INVOLVEMENT | ||||||||||||
| Age 11 | −0.20** (−0.14) |
−0.12 (−0.03) |
−0.16* (−0.15*) |
−0.17* (−0.09) |
−0.13 (−0.10) |
−0.11 (−0.06) |
0.08 (−0.02) |
−0.12 (−0.07) |
−0.06 (−0.02) |
0.00 (−0.02) |
−0.05 (−0.04) |
−0.16* (0.03) |
| Age 14 | −0.08 (−0.05) |
−0.06 (−0.11) |
−0.08 (−0.04) |
−0.01 (−0.02) |
−0.19* (−0.11) |
−0.18* (−0.15) |
−0.08 (−0.01) |
−0.21* (−0.13) |
−0.04 (0.01) |
0.02 (0.04) |
−0.03 (−0.05) |
−0.04 (0.03) |
| Age 17 | −0.05 (−0.06) |
−0.01 (−0.09) |
−0.06 (−0.02) |
−0.07 (−0.05) |
−0.19* (−0.19*) |
−0.13 (−0.01) |
−0.16* (−0.11) |
−0.14 (−0.24**) |
−0.15 (−0.20*) |
−0.04 (−0.08) |
−0.13 (−0.14) |
−0.22** (−0.24**) |
Total, Minnesota Eating Behaviors (MEBS) Survey Total Score; BD, MEBS Body Dissatisfaction subscale; WP, MEBS Weight Preoccupation subscale; Binge, MEBS Binge Eating subscale; PEQ, Parental Environment Questionnaire.
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01.