Indulgent feeding style and children's weight status in preschool.
Indulgent feeding style and children's weight status in preschool.
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DOI：
10.1097/dbp.0b013e318182a976
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2008-10
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Qu H
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作者：
Hughes SO;Shewchuk RM;Baskin ML;Nicklas TA;Qu H
本研究的主要目的是研究父母的影响和孩子的气质特征是否在低收入家庭的喂养方式不同，给出了暗示性的证据。第二个目的是检查喂养方式是否仍然与儿童的体重指数相关，独立于父母的影响、儿童的性情和已知的相关因素。本研究的参与者是来自德克萨斯州和阿拉巴马州两个地区参加启智计划的718名儿童家长。采用父母报告问卷，将父母分为权威型（118人）、权威型（219人）、溺爱型（240人）和不参与型（141人）。家长填写问卷，并从家长和孩子处测量身高和体重。不同喂养方式在父母情感和儿童气质特征上存在差异。溺爱型父母对自己和孩子的负面影响都较低。在控制了父母情感、儿童气质和相关因素（种族、儿童年龄、父母体重指数）后，放纵的喂养方式与较高的儿童体重指数显著相关。本研究结果不仅显示了低收入学龄前儿童的放纵喂养方式与体重状况之间存在显著的相关性，而且还揭示了父母情绪影响与儿童气质特征之间的一致性可能会导致放纵父母的孩子过度消费。
The primary aim of this study was to examine whether parent affect and child temperament characteristics differ across feeding styles in low-income families, given suggestive evidence. The secondary aim was to examine whether feeding styles were still related to children’s body mass index independent of parent affect, child temperament, and known correlates. Participants in this study were 718 parents of childrens attending Head Start programs across two sites (Texas and Alabama). Parents were categorized into feeding styles of authoritative (n = 118), authoritarian (n = 219), indulgent (n = 240) and uninvolved (n = 141) using a parent-report questionnaire characterizing feeding in a general parenting paradigm. Parents completed questionnaires and measured height and weight was obtained from parents and children. Differences were found across feeding styles on parent affect and child temperament characteristics. Indulgent parents reported lower Negative Affect for themselves and lower Negative Affectivity for their children. The indulgent feeding style was significantly associated with higher child body mass index after controlling for parent affect, child temperament, and correlates (ethnicity, child age, parent body mass index). The results of this study not only show a robust association between the indulgent feeding style and weight status of low-income preschool childrens, but also suggest how congruence between parent emotional affect and child temperament characteristics may contribute to excess consumption among children of indulgent parents.