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Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Parenting Studies
  • Obesity Research

Background:

  • Parental feeding practices significantly influence child eating habits and weight outcomes.
  • Controlling feeding practices are linked to increased child obesity risk.
  • The impact of coparenting dynamics on parental feeding styles remains under-researched.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the predictive relationship between coparenting quality (supportive vs. undermining) and controlling feeding practices.
  • To determine if coparenting influences specific controlling behaviors like emotional regulation with food, rewards, pressure to eat, and restriction for health or weight.

Main Methods:

  • Online survey administered to 160 parents of preschool-aged children (3-5 years old).
  • Regression analyses were used to assess the association between coparenting and feeding practices, controlling for parental characteristics (sex, BMI, age).

Main Results:

  • Supportive coparenting did not predict controlling feeding practices.
  • Undermining coparenting was associated with increased use of food for emotion regulation, food as a reward, and weight-related restriction.
  • No significant association was found between undermining coparenting and pressure to eat or health-related restriction.

Conclusions:

  • Coparenting quality, particularly undermining interactions, plays a role in shaping parental feeding practices.
  • Interventions aimed at improving coparenting may help reduce controlling feeding behaviors and mitigate child obesity risk.