Impact of the app-based parenting program Samen Happie! on energy balance-related parenting practices and the role of parental educational level, BMI, and depressive symptoms
| Autor: | Junilla Larsen, Karssen, Levie, Vink, Jacqueline, De Weerth, Carolina, Burk, William |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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behavior change
Sports Studies Health Psychology parenting practices early childhood Social and Behavioral Sciences FOS: Psychology socio-economic position Maternal and Child Health mHealth preventive intervention Developmental Psychology Medicine and Health Sciences Psychology Public Health childhood obesity |
| DOI: | 10.17605/osf.io/g6hcj |
| Popis: | Samen Happie! is an app-based parenting program aimed at preventing childhood overweight through stimulating healthy energy-balance related parenting practices among parents of young children (0-2 years old). In a previous study (Karssen et al., 2022) we examined the process and effectiveness of the app-based program on child zBMI scores in a two-armed RCT (app vs. control condition) and examined parental educational level, BMI, and depressive symptoms as potential moderators of program effectiveness. Results showed an unexpected general increase in zBMI in both conditions at 6 and 12 months after baseline. After 6 months, the zBMI increase was least pronounced in the app condition among children of parents with lower educational level (also particularly when parents had more frequent app use) and among children of parents with higher BMI who frequently used the app. At 12 months, however, zBMI increase was most pronounced among children of parents in the app condition, irrespective of subgroups based on parental educational level or BMI. This might indicate that (frequent) app use protected against increases in child zBMI among families of parents with lower educational level and higher BMI on the shorter-term, but not on the longer-term. In this study we seek for potential explanations for these findings by assessing program-induced changes in parenting practices relating to child dietary intake, sleep, and screen time. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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