ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Does Weight Matter? the Role of Actual and Parental Perceptions of Child’s Body Weight in the Trajectories of Internalizing Symptoms in Childhood
- Sofia Stepanyan
Gannon University - Misaki Natsuaki
University of California, Riverside - Jody Ganiban
George Washington University - Jenae Neiderhiser
The Pennsylvania State University - Daniel Shaw
University of Pittsburg - David Reiss
Yale School of Medicine Child Study Center - Leslie Leve
University of Oregon
Abstract
This project assesses the concurrent and longitudinal effects of children’s BMI on their internalizing behaviors. Specifically, it aimed to assess the role of parental appraisals of their children’s weight and its discrepancy from the children’s actual weight on the changing trajectory of internalizing behaviors between age 4.5 and 11.
Psychopathology
