ArticleJournal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP
Household Chaos, Maternal Emotional Responsiveness, and Child Eating Behavior: A Moderation Analysis.
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STRONG Kids 2: A Cells-to-Society Approach to Nutrition in Early Childhood
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Breaking the cycle: Psychological and social dimensions of pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Feeding Practices Used by Australian Parents of Young Children Living With Food Insecurity and Household Chaos.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Maternal perceived stress, household disorder, eating behaviors and adiposity of women and their children.Eating behaviors · 2024Article
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- Temperament and emotional overeating: the mediating role of caregiver response to children's negative emotions.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Household chaos, child temperament, and structure-related feeding practices in toddlerhood: A moderation analysis.Eating behaviors · 2024Article
- Parental food selection questionnaire - Infant version.Appetite · 2023Article
- Influences of Child Temperament and Household Chaos on Preschoolers' Emotional Eating.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2022Article
- Association of Exposure to Abuse, Nurture, and Household Organization in Childhood With 4 Cardiovascular Disease Risks Factors Among Participants in the CARDIA Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Food insecurity is associated with higher food responsiveness in low-income children: The moderating role of parent stress and family functioning.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- A mixed methods analysis of environmental and household chaos: considerations for early-childhood obesity research.BMC public health · 2021Article
- CHAOS in the Home Environment and Child Weight-Related Outcomes.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFMArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo address calls for a resilience-informed approach to understand the cause and prevention of childhood obesity, the current study aims to investigate the independent and interactive associations between household chaos, maternal emotional responsiveness, and eating behavior in early childhood.
methodA sample of (n = 108) families of 18- to 24-month-olds completed self-report surveys and consented to home visits as part of the larger STRONG Kids 2 (N = 468) study. Videotapes of family mealtimes were collected during home visits and coded for observed maternal emotional responsiveness. Mothers completed questionnaires assessing maternal emotional responsiveness, household chaos, and child eating behaviors. Moderation analyses assessed independent and interactive effects of chaos and emotional responsiveness on child appetite self-regulation.
resultsIn moderation analyses controlling for demographic covariates, higher levels of chaos were associated with more emotional overeating and with more food responsiveness, but only among children of mothers observed engaging in low levels of responsiveness at mealtimes. There was no association between chaos and eating behavior among children of mothers observed engaging in high levels of emotional responsiveness at mealtimes. There was also no independent or interactive association between chaos and child eating behaviors characterized by food avoidance.
conclusionPreliminary evidence suggests that maternal emotional responsiveness at mealtimes may attenuate the deleterious effects of chaos on child overeating and food responsiveness. Future research should prioritize using longitudinal designs, developing observational assessments of early childhood eating behaviors, and understanding these processes among families exposed to greater socioeconomic adversity.
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