Table 3.
Prevalence of any perceived positive and negative maternal comments on weight/shape and eating based on adolescent stage (n = 2287 adolescents).
| Early (Year 7–8) |
Middle (Year 9–10) |
Late (Year 11–12) |
χ2 (df = 2) p | Bonferroni Post-Hoc p < 0.05 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any comments n (%) | |||||
| Maternal | |||||
| Positive Weight/Shape | |||||
| All | 756 (80.8%) | 762 (78.5%) | 307 (80.8%) | 1.83, 0.400 | n.s. |
| Girls | 436 (86.3%) | 420 (83.8%) | 179 (89.9%) | 4.54, 0.103 | n.s. |
| Boys | 320 (74.2%) | 342 (72.8%) | 128 (70.7%) | 0.83, 0.660 | n.s. |
| Negative Weight/Shape | |||||
| All | 313 (33.4%) | 378 (38.9%) | 191 (50.3%) | 32.38, <0.001 | Early < Mid < Late |
| Girls | 173 (34.3%) | 206 (41.1%) | 120 (60.3%) | 39.94, <0.001 | Early, Mid < Late |
| Boys | 140 (32.5%) | 172 (36.6%) | 71 (39.2%) | 3.06, 0.217 | n.s. |
| Positive Eating | |||||
| All | 690 (73.7%) | 685 (70.5%) | 266 (70.0%) | 3.06, 0.217 | n.s. |
| Girls | 384 (76.0%) | 365 (72.9%) | 147 (73.9%) | 1.37, 0.505 | n.s. |
| Boys | 306 (71.0%) | 320 (68.1%) | 119 (65.7%) | 1.87, 0.393 | n.s. |
| Negative Eating | |||||
| All | 573 (61.2%) | 607 (62.5%) | 259 (68.2%) | 5.70, 0.058 | n.s. |
| Girls | 319 (63.2%) | 335 (66.9%) | 150 (75.4%) | 9.59, 0.008 | Early < Late |
| Boys | 254 (58.9%) | 272 (57.9 %) | 109 (60.2%) | 0.32, 0.854 | n.s. |
n.s = not significant.