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Weight Stigma by Association in Parent-Child Dyads

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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Childhood Obesity
Obesity

Treatments

Other: Mother with obesity, son with obesity
Other: Father without obesity, son without obesity
Other: Father with obesity, daughter without obesity
Other: Mother with obesity, daughter with obesity
Other: Father without obesity, daughter without obesity
Other: Father with obesity, son without obesity
Other: Mother without obesity, daughter with obesity
Other: Mother without obesity, daughter without obesity
Other: Father with obesity, son with obesity
Other: Mother with obesity, daughter without obesity
Other: Father without obesity, son with obesity
Other: Father without obesity, daughter with obesity
Other: Mother without obesity, son with obesity
Other: Mother with obesity, son without obesity
Other: Father with obesity, daughter with obesity
Other: Mother without obesity, son without obesity

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04829162
Parent Stigma

Details and patient eligibility

About

Parents of children with obesity report feeling blamed for their children's weight and reluctant to seek pediatric care after stigmatizing experiences. This "weight stigma by association" may have direct consequences for parents, children, and the parent-child relationship. The present study builds on qualitative evidence to experimentally test weight stigma and weight stigma by association in a parent-child relationship using a large, community-based sample. In an experiment conducted via an online survey, participants were randomly assigned to view a picture of a parent-child dyad, for which parent and child's gender (male vs. female) and weight status (with obesity vs. without obesity) were manipulated. Participants read identical general parenting descriptions that adhered to American Academy of Pediatrics parenting recommendations, then rated the parent's effectiveness, helpfulness, and caring.

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Enrollment

1,973 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • at least 18 years of age

Exclusion criteria

  • Standard exclusion criteria were duplicate IP addresses, response times < 60s or > 3600s (the allotted time to complete the survey), or failure to complete the parenting questionnaire.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

1,973 participants in 16 patient groups

Mother with obesity, daughter with obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a mother with obesity and a daughter with obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Mother with obesity, daughter with obesity
Mother with obesity, daughter without obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a mother with obesity and a daughter without obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Mother with obesity, daughter without obesity
Mother without obesity, daughter with obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a mother without obesity and a daughter with obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Mother without obesity, daughter with obesity
Mother without obesity, daughter without obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a mother without obesity and a daughter without obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Mother without obesity, daughter without obesity
Mother with obesity, son with obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a mother with obesity and a son with obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Mother with obesity, son with obesity
Mother with obesity, son without obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a mother with obesity and a son without obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Mother with obesity, son without obesity
Mother without obesity, son with obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a mother without obesity and a son with obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Mother without obesity, son with obesity
Mother without obesity, son without obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a mother without obesity and a son without obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Mother without obesity, son without obesity
Father with obesity, daughter with obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a father with obesity and a daughter with obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Father with obesity, daughter with obesity
Father with obesity, daughter without obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a father with obesity and a daughter without obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Father with obesity, daughter without obesity
Father without obesity, daughter with obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a father without obesity and a daughter with obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Father without obesity, daughter with obesity
Father without obesity, daughter without obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a father without obesity and a daughter without obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Father without obesity, daughter without obesity
Father with obesity, son with obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a father with obesity and a son with obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Father with obesity, son with obesity
Father with obesity, son without obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a father with obesity and a son without obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Father with obesity, son without obesity
Father without obesity, son with obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a father without obesity and a son with obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Father without obesity, son with obesity
Father without obesity, son without obesity
Experimental group
Description:
Image of a father without obesity and a son without obesity.
Treatment:
Other: Father without obesity, son without obesity

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