Mahshid Tirgar; Fatemeh Golshani; Anita Baghdasarians; Susan Emamipour
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Objective: Given the considerable increase in the prevalence of obesity/overweight in Iran especially in school age children, it is important to identify the causes of childhood obesity. The aim of this study is to develop a model of childhood obesity based on maternal body mass index and parenting stress ...
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Objective: Given the considerable increase in the prevalence of obesity/overweight in Iran especially in school age children, it is important to identify the causes of childhood obesity. The aim of this study is to develop a model of childhood obesity based on maternal body mass index and parenting stress mediated by maternal feeding styles. Method: The statistical sample consisted of 460 students aged 7 to 11 from schools of Tehran with their mothers. Subjects were selected using cluster sampling method. After measuring the body mass index of children and their mothers, Parenting Stress Index- Short Form and Parental Feeding Style Questionnaire were completed by mothers. Data were analyzed by Amos software with using Structural Equation Method. Findings: The model generally had a good fit. Based on the results of path analysis of maternal body mass index, parenting stress, emotional feeding, instrumental feeding, prompting/encouragement to eat, and controlling feeding directly predict the child's body mass index. The results showed that maternal body mass index and parenting stress also indirectly predict the child's body mass index through all of the maternal feeding styles subscales such as Emotional, Instrumental, Control and Encouragement feeding style. Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that these relationships can predict childhood obesity as a model, and can lead to useful insights into interventions in the first level of prevention.
Paria Esfandyari Nia; Susan Emamipour; Anita Baghdasarians
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Objective: Considering the importance of cardiovascular diseases andMultiple Sclerosis and increasing attention to control of this disease, it seems that psychological factors play an important role in the emergence and prevention and treatment of these two diseases. Therefore, the purpose of the present ...
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Objective: Considering the importance of cardiovascular diseases andMultiple Sclerosis and increasing attention to control of this disease, it seems that psychological factors play an important role in the emergence and prevention and treatment of these two diseases. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to Comparison of D personality type and retrospective and prospective memory among patients with MS,cardiovascular and normal people. Method: The research method was available as a causal-comparative study and sampling method. In this regard, 90 subjects (30 patients with MS, 30 patients with cardiovascular disease and 30 patients with accompanying patients) were selected and evaluated by personality type questionnaire and prospective and retrospective memory. Findings: Data analysis using One Way ANOVA and examining the difference between two variables using Tukey's post -hoc test showed that Patients with MS and cardiovascular disease have a higher score in D personality type and a higher score in prospective and retrospective memory than normal people, but there is no significant difference between MS and cardiovascular patients. Conclusion: Cardiovascular patients and MS patients have higher score in D personality type, retrospective/prospective memory, negative affect, and social inhibition than normal people.
