Mealtime behaviors of young children: A comparison of normative and clinical data
Mealtime behaviors of young children: A comparison of normative and clinical data
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DOI：
10.1097/00004703-200110000-00001
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发表时间：
2001-10-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Napier-Phillips, A
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作者：
Crist, W;Napier-Phillips, A
本研究的目的是将健康幼儿在进食和用餐时间的行为与两个临床组的行为进行比较，这两个临床组分别是因进食问题就诊但无相关医学问题的儿童以及因进食问题且伴有医学问题的儿童。使用儿童行为进食评估量表，获取了96名年龄在9个月至7岁之间健康儿童的数据，并在论文中介绍了这些正常用餐行为的描述性信息。在将这些标准数据与从临床组获得的类似数据进行比较时，我们的主要目的是调查有进食问题的儿童是表现出根本不同的（适应不良的）行为，还是表现出相似的行为但频率高于正常儿童。因子分析确定了三个组中五种常见的行为模式。健康组和临床组之间父母对进食困难报告的差异似乎反映了有进食困难的儿童出现问题行为的频率，而非用餐期间所表现行为的根本差异。
The objective of this study was to compare the behavior of healthy young children around feeding and mealtimes to the behavior of two clinical groups, children referred for feeding problems without related medical issues and those with medical issues associated with the feeding problems. Using the Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale, data were obtained for 96 healthy children between the ages of 9 months and 7 years, and descriptive information is presented in the paper on these normal mealtime behaviors. In comparing this normative data to similar data obtained from the clinical groups, our primary purpose was to investigate whether children with feeding problems engage in fundamentally different behaviors (maladaptive) or similar behaviors, but at an increased frequency to normal children. Factor analysis identified five common patterns of behavior across the three groups. The difference in parental report of feeding difficulties between healthy and clinical groups appears to reflect the frequency in which the child with feeding difficulties engages in the problematic behavior, rather than fundamental differences in behaviors exhibited during mealtimes.