A feeding scale for research and clinical practice to assess mother—infant interactions in the first three years of life

Chatoor, Irene; Getson, Pamela R.; Menvielle, Edgardo; Brasseaux, Cynthia; O’Donnell, Regina; Rivera, Yvonne; Mrazek, David A.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0355(199721)18:1<76::aid-imhj6>3.0.co;2-z

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“…The SVIA is the Italian adaptation of the Feeding Scale (Chatoor et al, 1997). It can be applied to children from birth to 36 months old.…”

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Parent-Child Interactions in Families with Mothers who had Experienced Early Relational Traumas

Ballarotto

2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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Early maternal relational traumas can have an impact on mothers' psychopathological risk and mother-infant interactions. Research has suggested the importance of fathers' role as protection or risk factors for child's development. Few studies had considered fathers in the assessment of the quality of parent-infants interactions during daily routines (e.g. feeding) and there is a lack of research on non-referred samples. This paper aims to assess the quality of parent-infant interactions during feeding in families with mothers who have experienced early relational traumas, such as emotional abuse and neglect or sexual/physical abuse, considering parental psychopathological risks. N= 98 families were recruited and divided into three groups: families with mothers who lived through early sexual/physical abuse (Group A); families with mothers who lived through early emotional abuse or neglect (Group B); healthy controls (Group C). Families were assessed at 6 months of the children with a protocol that included an observation of parent-infant interactions during feeding and a self-report assessing psychopathological risk. Group B showed more maladaptive mother-infants and father-infant interactions with their children. Results show that the interaction of maternal depression and early traumatic experiences of neglect and emotional abuse predicted more maladaptive scores on the affective state of the dyad subscale. Furthermore, paternal anxiety predicted higher scores of child's food refusal subscales. These results are very important for the planning of prevention and / or treatment , which take into account of the whole family.

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“…The SVIA is the Italian adaptation of the Feeding Scale (Chatoor et al, 1997). It can be applied to children from birth to 36 months old.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parent-Child Interactions in Families with Mothers who had Experienced Early Relational Traumas

Ballarotto

2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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“…Indeed, consistent research data showed that children's eating difficulties were associated with anxiety and worry in parents, and that some dysfunctional aspects of the parent-infant relationship can seriously affect the child's self-regulation of affections and his/her http: //dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.01.02.12 Corresponding Author: Michela Erriu Selection and peer-review under (Ammaniti et al, 2004;Ammaniti, Lucarelli, Cimino, D'Olimpio, & Chatoor, 2010;Chatoor et al, 1997).…”

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“…al., 2002), is an Italian adaptation of the Feeding Scale-Observational Scale for Mother-Infant Interaction during Feeding, developed by Chatoor et al (1997). The SVIA is a scale designed to evaluate the dyadic exchanges between mother and infant in a feeding context, with children 1-36 months old.…”

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Mother- and father-infant feeding interactions in families with parents with BED

Erriu¹

2017

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Several studies demonstrated that the quality of dyadic interactions during feeding has an impact on offspring's psychopathological problems in families where parents have a psychiatric diagnosis.Although literature addressed the trans-generational transmission of psychopathology from parents with eating disorders to their offspring, the specific quality of parent-infant interactions during feeding has not been assessed. The purpose of the study was to assess possible differences in the quality of motherschildren and fathers-children feeding interactions at 36 months of age of the child in families with parents diagnosed with binge eating disorders (BED). The sample was composed by 30 Italian couples of parents and children (Ntot =90), divided into three groups based on the presence of BED diagnosis. Group A: diagnosis in both parents; Group B: diagnosis only in the mothers; Group C: diagnosis only in the fathers.For the evaluation of feeding dyadic exchanges SVIA Italian adaptation of the Feeding Scale was applied.Parent-infant interactions in families with parents diagnosed with BED show maladaptive features.Mothers and fathers relate to children in a not overlapping fashion, with mothers showing various maladaptive symptoms and fathers showing severe conflicts with the children during the meal. Primarily reducing parental symptoms is relevant in term of mental health prevention programs.

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“…The diagnostic criteria for 'infantile anorexia' offered by Chatoor et al 29 can be separated into infant-related and parent-related symptoms. The infant-related issues are that food refusal will: vary from meal to meal; vary depending on the person feeding them; will have a poor calorie intake for at least 2 months; weight status below the 5 th percentile for age; and no developmental delay (except for motor and expressive language development in severe cases).…”

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“…Relative strengths of 'infantile anorexia' as a separate disorder are gained through Chatoor et al 21,29 insisting that all other causes are ruled out before an official diagnosis can be met. Children within this group may present as being underweight with moderate to severe growth faltering.…”

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When Does Food Refusal Require Professional Intervention?

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Food refusal can have the potential to lead to nutritional deficiencies, which increases the risk of a variety of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Deciding when food refusal requires professional intervention is complicated by the fact that there is a natural and appropriate stage in a child's development that is characterised by increased levels of rejection of both previously accepted and novel food items. Therefore, choosing to intervene is difficult, which if handled badly can lead to further food refusal and an even more limited diet. Food refusal is often based on individual preferences; however, it can also be defined through pathological behaviours that require psychological intervention. This paper presents and discusses several different types of food refusal behaviours; these are learningdependent, those that are related to a medical complication, selective food refusal, fear-based food refusal and appetite-awareness-autonomy-based food refusal. This paper describes the behaviours and characteristics that are often associated with each; however, emphasis is placed on the possibility that these different types of food refusal can often be co-morbid. The decision to offer professional intervention to the child and their family should be a holistic process based on the level of medical or psychological distress resulting from the food refusal.

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A feeding scale for research and clinical practice to assess mother—infant interactions in the first three years of life

Cited by 124 publications

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Parent-Child Interactions in Families with Mothers who had Experienced Early Relational Traumas

Parent-Child Interactions in Families with Mothers who had Experienced Early Relational Traumas

Mother- and father-infant feeding interactions in families with parents with BED

When Does Food Refusal Require Professional Intervention?

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