Conclusions: These results indicate that
especially parental rejection, and to a lesser extent peer rejection, are associated with the emotional eating of youngsters.
Cluster - analyzing the children based on their perceived parent — child relationship revealed that adverse relationship subgroups,
especially contradictory
parental behavior and
parental rejection, were strongly linked to deviant eating behavior, which is in line with the literature on associations between clinically disordered eating behavior and deviant relationships with the parents (O'Kearny, 1996; Ward, Ramsay, & Treasure, 2000).