Journal article
Examination of the Interaction between Parental Military-Status and Race among Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic White Adolescents with Overweight/Obesity
Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.47(7), pp.743-753
03/03/2022
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsac008
PMCID: PMC9297095
PMID: 35238941
Abstract
Objectives Adolescent military-dependents experience distinct risk and protective factors, which may necessitate additional clinical considerations. In civilian youth, overweight/obesity is associated with eating, internalizing, and externalizing difficulties, with some studies reporting more difficulties among non-Hispanic White (vs. non-Hispanic Black) youth. It is unknown if these disparities exist among adolescent military-dependents, or between civilian and military-dependent youth. Methods Non-Hispanic Black (187 civilian, 38 military-dependent) and non-Hispanic White (205 civilian, 84 military-dependent) adolescents with overweight/obesity (14.7 +/- 1.6 years; 73.9% girls; body mass index adjusted for age and sex 1.9 +/- 0.5) completed a disordered-eating interview; parents completed a measure assessing their child's internalizing and externalizing difficulties. Multiple linear regressions examined parental military-status as a moderator of the relationship of participant race with eating, internalizing, and externalizing difficulties. Results White civilian youth with overweight/obesity reported significantly greater disordered-eating than their Black peers (p < .001); there were no other significant racial differences. In all regressions, parental military-status significantly moderated the association between race and each dependent variable (ps < .047). Black military-dependents (vs. civilians) reported more disordered-eating and internalizing difficulties (ps = .01). White military-dependents (vs. civilians) reported fewer externalizing difficulties (p = .01). Conclusions Black adolescent military-dependents with overweight/obesity may experience more eating and internalizing difficulties (vs. civilians), a pattern not observed among White participants. Future work should examine if being a military-dependent and a historically marginalized racial group member accounts for these findings. Such data may inform providers of youth with intersecting minority identities.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Examination of the Interaction between Parental Military-Status and Race among Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic White Adolescents with Overweight/Obesity
- Creators
- M. K. Higgins Neyland - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesLisa M. Shank - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesJason M. Lavender - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesNatasha L. Burke - Fordham UniversityAlexander Rice - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesJulia Gallagher-Teske - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesBethelhem Markos - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesLoie M. Faulkner - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentKweku G. Djan - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentEsther A. Kwarteng - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentSarah LeMay-Russell - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentMegan N. Parker - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNatasha A. Schvey - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentTracy Sbrocco - United States UniversityDenise E. Wilfley - Washington University in St. LouisBrian Ford - United States UniversityCaitlin Ford - Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical CenterMark Haigney - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesDavid A. Klein - United States UniversityCara H. Olsen - Preventative Medicine and Biometrics Department, USU, USA.Jeffrey Quinlan - University of IowaSarah Jorgensen - University of IowaSheila Brady - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentLauren B. Shomaker - Colorado State UniversityJack A. Yanovski - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentMarian Tanofsky-Kraff - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.47(7), pp.743-753
- DOI
- 10.1093/jpepsy/jsac008
- PMID
- 35238941
- PMCID
- PMC9297095
- NLM abbreviation
- J Pediatr Psychol
- ISSN
- 0146-8693
- eISSN
- 1465-735X
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- ZIA-HD-00641 / Intramural Research Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 72NC-01 / USU 1R01DK104115-01 / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) MED 83-10180 / Defense Health Agency
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/03/2022
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984297444302771
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