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  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Social control theory posits that interpersonal relationships regulate health behaviors.
  • Parent-child relationships are generally associated with promoting healthy diet and exercise.
  • However, parenthood itself is often linked to declines in healthy lifestyle patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the paradoxical effects of parenthood on health behaviors.
  • To examine the role of social control processes within parent-child relationships.
  • To understand how gender and child characteristics influence these dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted 40 in-depth interviews with mothers and fathers.
  • Analyzed qualitative data on social control processes related to diet and exercise.
  • Explored variations based on parent gender, child gender, and child life stage.

Main Results:

  • Parenthood involves social control mechanisms that can both support and undermine healthy behaviors.
  • Participants reported contradictory effects of parenthood on their diet and exercise habits.
  • Social control dynamics differed between mothers and fathers and were influenced by child's gender and age.

Conclusions:

  • Parenthood presents a complex interplay of social control, leading to mixed outcomes for health behaviors.
  • Gendered social control processes are central to understanding the population-level health consequences of parenthood.
  • The findings offer new insights into how the gendered organization of parenting impacts family diet and exercise.