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İbrahim Zeyrek1, Esra Güney2, Ahmet Özaslan2,3

  • 1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Memorial Diyarbakır Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Brain and Behavior
|August 12, 2025
PubMed

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Parental feeding styles and child temperament significantly impact preschool eating behaviors. Emotional feeding links to overeating, while effortful control may reduce it, suggesting tailored interventions for healthier habits.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Pediatrics
  • Nutritional Science

Background:

  • Childhood eating behaviors are influenced by a complex interplay of factors.
  • Understanding the roles of parental feeding strategies and child temperament is crucial for addressing eating issues in early childhood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the associations between children's eating behaviors, parental feeding behaviors, and child temperament in Turkish preschoolers.
  • To identify specific parental feeding styles and child temperament traits that correlate with particular eating patterns.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional survey design involving 203 parents of children aged 3-6 years.
  • Data collection through surveys from parents of preschoolers attending educational institutions and child psychiatry clinics.
  • Statistical analysis using Spearman correlation to examine associations between variables, with a significance level of p < 0.05.

Main Results:

  • Emotional feeding positively correlated with children's emotional overeating and desire to drink.
  • Negative affect in children was linked to lower enjoyment of food but higher satiety responsiveness and slower eating.
  • Effortful control in children showed negative associations with emotional overeating and desire to drink.

Conclusions:

  • Parental feeding behaviors and child temperament traits are significantly associated with preschoolers' eating habits.
  • Findings suggest that emotional feeding and negative affect influence specific eating behaviors, while effortful control may mitigate overeating.
  • Interventions should consider both parental feeding strategies and children's temperaments to promote healthy eating practices.
Abstract

Keywords:
eating behaviorfeeding styletemperament

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