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Bidirectional Association Between Parental Pressure to Eat and Children's Satiety Responsiveness: The Moderating

Fangge Qu1, Yujia Chen1, Xinyi Song1

  • 1School of Nursing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Maternal & Child Nutrition
|November 17, 2024
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Children

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Parenting Studies

Background:

  • Parental feeding practices significantly influence children's eating behaviors.
  • Understanding the bidirectional relationship between child satiety cues and parental responses is crucial for healthy development.
  • Children's temperament may play a role in shaping these interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the directional link between children's satiety responsiveness and parental pressure to eat.
  • To examine the moderating effect of child temperament on this relationship.
  • To inform strategies for positive parent-child feeding dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study design with data collected at two time points over 2 years.
  • Survey methodology administered to parents of preschoolers in China (n=482).
  • Cross-lagged panel analyses and moderation analyses were employed.

Main Results:

  • Children's satiety responsiveness positively predicted increased parental pressure to eat over time.
  • High levels of child anger/frustration exacerbated this predictive association.
  • This suggests a potential negative feedback loop in feeding interactions.

Conclusions:

  • Parental pressure to eat may escalate in response to children's satiety cues, particularly when children exhibit high negative emotionality.
  • Parents should be attuned to children's satiety responsiveness and temperamental traits.
  • Tailoring feeding strategies to individual children can promote healthier eating behaviors and parent-child interactions.

Keywords:
appetitive behaviourchildfeeding behaviourparentingtemperament

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