ABSTRACT
The ability of (a) family characteristics (marital status, income, race, and education), (b) parental control over child's food intake, and (c) parental belief in causes of overweight to predict weight status of children was assessed. Parents/caretakers of elementary school-aged children were surveyed to determine attitudes related to childhood nutrition and overweight. Anthropometric measurements were obtained from children to determine weight status (n=169 matched surveys and measurements). chi(2) tests and nested logistic regression models were used to determine relationships between children's weight status and family characteristics, parental control, and parental belief in the primary cause of overweight. Low household income was an important predictor of overweight; marital status and race added no further explanatory power to the model. Parental control was not a significant predictor of overweight. Parental belief in the primary cause of overweight in children (diet vs physical activity) was significantly related to children's weight; however, it was not significant after controlling for income. Low household income relates strongly to increased childhood weight status; therefore, school and government policies should promote an environment that supports affordable, safe, and feasible opportunities for healthful nutrition and physical activity, particularly for low-income audiences.
Subject(s)
Body Weight/physiology , Family Characteristics , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Parents/education , Parents/psychology , Poverty , Adult , Chi-Square Distribution , Child , Child Nutrition Sciences/education , Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Educational Status , Energy Intake , Exercise/physiology , Exercise/psychology , Feeding Behavior , Female , Humans , Income , Logistic Models , Male , Marital Status , Obesity/epidemiology , Obesity/etiology , Obesity/psychology , Parenting/psychology , Predictive Value of Tests , Social EnvironmentABSTRACT
This study examined correlations of scores for salespersons' and customers' orientation, as indicated by a modified Salesperson Orientation-Customer Orientation scale, with self-reported consumers' susceptibility to salespersons' information, recommendations, and relational influence. Vehicle purchasers provided 508 useable survey responses. Correlations for customers' perceptions of both salespersons' orientation (-.39 and -.21) and customers' orientation (.39 and .24) were related to self-reports of susceptibility to salespersons' information and relational influence.
