Table 2 Characteristics of Included Studies
| Studies | Aims | Sample | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authors (Year) (Country) | Specific to parent teasing | Number, Population, Mean Age | Study style; Statistical analysis used; What adjusted for; Specific teasing and eating pathology and teasing measures. |
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Haines et al. (2010) [26] (USA) | To identify shared risk and protective factors for purging, binge eating and overweight. |
10,540 mixed gender (n=6022 female) offspring of Nurses’ Health study (NHS II) and Growing Up Today Study (GUTS) 11-17 years of age. Female M=13.9 (SD=1.6) Male M=13.8 (SD=1.5) | Cross Sectional Prospective design; Generalized estimating equations; Weight-Related Teasing (W-RT); Self-report questionnaires: Youth risk Behaviour Survey, McKnight Risk Factor Survey; Self-report BMI. |
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Keery et al. (2005) [9] (USA) | Evaluated prevalence and effect of teasing by family members on body dissatisfaction, eating disturbance and psychological functioning. |
372 female American adolescents. Non-clinical school population. 11- 15 years of age. M=12.6 SD=0.90. | Cross-sectional study; Regression Analysis; Appearance-related Teasing (A-RT); Self-report questionnaires: Perceptions of teasing scale – weight-teasing frequency, The Eating Disorder Inventory – BD, The Eating Disorder Inventory – DT, The Eating Disorder Inventory – B; Self-report BMI. |
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Olvera et al. (2013) [27] (USA) | Assessed association among parent and peer W-RT and disordered eating symptoms in a population of young adults. |
141 female Hispanic and African American adolescents Healthy lifestyle / weight loss population. 9-14 years of age. M=11.1 SD=1.5 (10%<9 years) | Cross-sectional exploratory study; Regression Analysis; Weight-Related Teasing (W-RT); Self-report questionnaires: Variation of McKnight Risk Factor Survey-IV; Practitioner measured BMI. |
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Pearlman et al. (2019) [28] (USA) | Examined W-BT from parents and siblings in relation to disordered eating and psychosocial indices among adolescent military dependents at high risk for adult obesity and eating disorders. |
128 mixed gender Military dependents. 54% female. 12-17 years of age M=14.35 years old, SD=1.55 | Cross-sectional study; Exploratory analysis of covariance; Weight-Based Teasing (W-BT); Self-report questionnaires: Family Weight-Based Victimization Scale, Eating Disorder Examination interview; Self-report BMI. |
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Pötzsch et al. (2018) [47] (Germany) | Aimed to examine adolescents’ perceived Weight teasing and perception of adolescent and maternal perspective of weight bias |
90 mixed gender adolescents OW and BED n=40, OW n=25, NW = 25 78.9% female. 12-20 years of age OW & BED – M=14.58 SD=2.39 OW – M=14.53 SD=2.55 NW – M= 15.84 SD=2.67 | Cross-sectional study; Weight-Based Teasing (W-BT); self-report questionnaires: One item modified from Perception of Teasing Scale (POTS) - with parents as source of teasing; Weight Bias Internalization scale (WBIS ) and the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q); attitudes Towards Obese Person Scale (ATOP); Beliefs About Obese Persons Scale (BAOP); Self-report BMI. |
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Webb et al. (2020) [48] (Australia) | Investigated change in emotional eating while also testing the influence of social-emotional risk factors. |
379 mixed gender adolescents. 56% female 0-13 years of age M = 12.0, SD = 90 | Cross Sectional Prospective design; multi-level modelling, and standard multiple regression; Appearance-related Teasing (A-RT); Weight Teasing Sub-scale of Perception of Teasing Scale (POTS) - with parents and peers as source of teasing; Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), Mood and Feelings Questionnaire, Social Anxiety Scale for Children. Practitioner measured BMI. |