ArticleAppetite2016
Does child temperament modify the overweight risk associated with parent feeding behaviors and child eating behaviors?: An exploratory study.
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- Child health and psychosocial wellness in the context of maternal role overload and depression.Family relations · 2025Article
- Development of a New Questionnaire to Assess Parental Perceived Barriers When Promoting Healthy Eating Habits in Young Children: First Findings.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- The relationship of parenting style and eating behavior in preschool children.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- The relationship between temperament and behavior in 3-7-year-old children during dental treatment.Dental research journal · 2021Article
- Associations between Sleep and Dietary Patterns among Low-Income Children Attending Preschool.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundChild temperament is a measure of an individual's behavioral tendencies. The primary objective of this study was to examine whether child temperament modified the overweight risk associated with parent feeding behaviors and child eating behaviors.
methodsA sample of predominantly African American, Midwest families (N = 120) recruited from four metropolitan primary care clinics participated in this cross-sectional, mixed methods study. Parents reported on feeding practices, child eating behaviors, and child temperament.
resultsDifficult temperament was not statistically related to parent feeding practices or child eating behaviors (p > 0.05). Tests of interaction indicated that the risk of child overweight differed by difficult temperament and easy temperament for two child eating behaviors (emotional eating and food fussiness, p < 0.05). For example, the effect of food fussiness decreased the risk of overweight for difficult temperament children but increased overweight risk for easy temperament children. Further, the effect of emotional eating increased the risk of overweight for difficult temperament children but decreased overweight risk for easy temperament children.
conclusionsTailoring parent-level interventions to child temperament or promoting environments that trigger less reactive individual responses may be effective in lowering risk of child overweight.
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