Skip to main content

Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Skinner, AC; Weinberger, M; Mulvaney, S; Schlundt, D; Rothman, RL
Published in: Diabetes Care
February 2008

OBJECTIVE: To examine how adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents/primary caregivers perceive the adolescents' weight and the relationship of those perceptions to diet and exercise behaviors and perceived barriers to healthy behaviors. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Interviews were conducted with adolescents and their parents about perceptions of the adolescents' weight, diet, and exercise behaviors, as well as barriers to engaging in healthy diet and exercise behaviors. Interviews were linked with clinic records to provide BMI. RESULTS: A total of 104 parent-adolescent dyads participated. Parents and adolescents typically perceived the adolescents' weight as less severe than it actually was. For parents and adolescents, underestimating the adolescents ' weight was associated with poorer diet behaviors and more perceived barriers to following healthy diet or exercise behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: Addressing misperceptions of weight by adolescents and their parents may be an important first step to improving weight in these patients.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Diabetes Care

DOI

EISSN

1935-5548

Publication Date

February 2008

Volume

31

Issue

2

Start / End Page

227 / 229

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telephone
  • Self Concept
  • Self Care
  • Psychology, Adolescent
  • Perception
  • Parents
  • Overweight
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Skinner, A. C., Weinberger, M., Mulvaney, S., Schlundt, D., & Rothman, R. L. (2008). Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents. Diabetes Care, 31(2), 227–229. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc07-1214
Skinner, Asheley Cockrell, Morris Weinberger, Shelagh Mulvaney, David Schlundt, and Russell L. Rothman. “Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents.Diabetes Care 31, no. 2 (February 2008): 227–29. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc07-1214.
Skinner AC, Weinberger M, Mulvaney S, Schlundt D, Rothman RL. Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents. Diabetes Care. 2008 Feb;31(2):227–9.
Skinner, Asheley Cockrell, et al. “Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents.Diabetes Care, vol. 31, no. 2, Feb. 2008, pp. 227–29. Pubmed, doi:10.2337/dc07-1214.
Skinner AC, Weinberger M, Mulvaney S, Schlundt D, Rothman RL. Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents. Diabetes Care. 2008 Feb;31(2):227–229.

Published In

Diabetes Care

DOI

EISSN

1935-5548

Publication Date

February 2008

Volume

31

Issue

2

Start / End Page

227 / 229

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telephone
  • Self Concept
  • Self Care
  • Psychology, Adolescent
  • Perception
  • Parents
  • Overweight
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans