The goal of this study was to improve understanding of the role of family, at multiple levels, in potentially shaping adolescent eating behaviors (i.e., restrained, emotional, and external). To achieve this goal, this study used data from parent–adolescent dyads in ethnic minority families living in poverty, a group that is understudied and disproportionately affected by obesity, to accomplish three primary aims: (1) determine if parental restrained eating behavior is associated with adolescent eating behaviors; (2) examine variation in parent and adolescent perspectives on conflict, and whether source-specific appraisals of conflict are associated with adolescent eating behaviors; and (3) determine whether parent–adolescent conflict mediates the association between parent restrained eating and adolescent eating behaviors. Parents completed a measure of restrained eating and adolescents completed measures of three forms of eating behaviors (i.e., restrained, emotional, and external cues), while parents and adolescents (N = 91) completed reports of parent–adolescent conflict. Greater parent-reported restrained eating was associated with more adolescent-reported restrained, emotional, and external eating. Adolescent-reported parent–adolescent conflict (M = 57.03, SD = 18.37) did not differ significantly from parent-reported parent–adolescent conflict (M = 59.25, SD = 21.40). There was a small, but significant, correlation between parent- and adolescent-reported conflict (r = 0.27, p < 0.05). Greater adolescent-reported parent–adolescent conflict was associated with more emotional and external eating. No evidence of mediation was found for any adolescent eating behavior outcome. The findings underscore the importance of examining adolescent eating behavior in the context of the broader family system.

这项研究的目的是增进人们对家庭在潜在影响青少年饮食行为（即内敛，情绪化和外在化）中所扮演角色的理解。为实现这一目标，本研究使用了生活在贫困中的少数族裔家庭的父母-青少年二元组的数据，该群体受到肥胖症的研究不足且比例不成比例，以实现三个主要目标：（1）确定父母是否限制了饮食行为青少年饮食行为；（2）研究父母和青少年关于冲突的观点的差异，以及针对特定来源的冲突评估是否与青少年饮食行为有关；（3）确定父母与青少年之间的冲突是否介导父母限制饮食与青少年饮食行为之间的联系。N  = 91）完成了父母与青少年冲突的报告。父母报告的节制饮食增加与青少年报告的节制饮食，情绪饮食和外在饮食有关。青少年报告的父母与青少年的冲突（M  = 57.03，SD  = 18.37）与父母报告的父母与青少年的冲突（M  = 59.25，SD  = 21.40）没有显着差异。父母和青少年报告的冲突之间存在很小但很重要的相关性（r  = 0.27，p <0.05）。青少年报告的父母与青少年之间的较大冲突与更多的情感和外在饮食有关。没有发现任何青少年饮食行为结果的调解证据。这些发现强调了在更广泛的家庭系统背景下检查青少年饮食行为的重要性。