A systematic review investigating associations between parenting style and child feeding behaviours
C Collins1, K Duncanson, T Burrows
1Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, Australia; Priotity Research Center in Physical Activity and Nutrition, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Insights
Parenting styles influence child feeding behaviors. Authoritarian parenting is linked to pressure and restriction, while permissive parenting shows less monitoring of children's food intake.
Area of Science:
- Child Nutrition and Development
- Parenting and Family Studies
Background:
- The relationship between parenting styles and child feeding behaviors remains underexplored.
- This review investigates associations between authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting and specific feeding practices.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review existing literature on parenting styles and child feeding behaviors.
- To identify links between parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive) and parental pressure, responsibility, monitoring, and restriction of child dietary intake.
Main Methods:
- A comprehensive literature search was conducted across eight electronic health databases.
- Studies published between 1975 and 2012, focusing on children under 12 years, were included.
- Inclusion criteria required measurement and reporting of associations between parenting style and child feeding behaviors.
Main Results:
- Seven studies involving 1845 participants were reviewed.
- Authoritarian parenting correlated with increased parental pressure to eat and restrictive feeding practices.
- Authoritative parenting was associated with greater parental monitoring of food intake, while permissive parenting showed an inverse relationship with monitoring.
Conclusions:
- Parenting styles demonstrated weak to moderate associations with specific child feeding domains.
- Permissive parenting exhibited a consistent negative association with monitoring by both mothers and fathers.
- Future research should focus on fathers, diverse populations, and develop comprehensive child feeding behavior assessment tools.
Background:
A direct association between parenting style and child feeding behaviours has not been established. This review explores whether an authoritative, authoritarian or permissive parenting style is associated with parental pressure to eat, responsibility, monitoring or restriction of child dietary intake.
Methods:
A search of eight electronic health databases was conducted. Inclusion criteria were children aged <12 years, published between 1975 and 2012, measured and reported associations between parenting style and child feeding behaviours.
Results:
Seven studies (n = 1845) were identified in the review. An authoritarian parenting style was associated with pressuring a child to eat and having restrictive parental food behaviours. Authoritative parenting was associated with parental monitoring of child food intake. A permissive parenting style was inversely related to monitoring of child dietary intake.
Conclusions:
Parenting styles showed only weak to moderate associations with individual domains of child feeding. The most consistent relationship found was a negative association between permissive parenting and monitoring for both mothers and fathers in two studies. Progress in this field could be achieved by conducting studies targeting fathers and culturally diverse populations, and development of a tool which could reflect overall child feeding behaviour rather than individual domains.
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