Table 5.
Correlation between parenting practices and obesity.
Parenting Practice | Adolescent BMI Percentile | Parent BMI | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Correlation | p-Value | Correlation | p-Value | |
Reasoning | −0.16 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.23 |
Monitoring | −0.08 | 0.79 | 0.67 | 0.07 |
Modeling | 0.10 | 0.73 | 0.89 | <0.01 |
Copying | 0.38 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.95 |
Authoritative | 0.15 | 0.63 | −0.01 | 0.98 |
Setting rules | 0.06 | 0.84 | −0.26 | 0.52 |
Authoritarian | 0.50 | 0.08 | −0.07 | 0.87 |
Neglecting | 0.07 | 0.81 | 0.45 | 0.26 |