Attachment and Feeding Problems: A Reexamination of Nonorganic Failure to Thrive and Attachment Insecurity

Chatoor, Irene; Ganiban, Jody M.; Colin, Virginia; Plummer, Nancy; Harmon, Robert J.

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“…A variety of aspects of maternal mental health have been repeatedly associated with child feeding difficulties, including symptoms of anxiety and depression (Chatoor, Ganiban, Colin, Plummer & Harmon, 1998;Coulthard & Harris, 2003;Lindberg et al, 1996) and eating psychopathology (e.g. Coulthard, Blissett & Harris, 2004).…”

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Maternal mental health and child feeding problems in a non-clinical group

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Maternal mental health and child feeding problems in a non-clinical group

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“…Satter (1986) proposed the term feeding relationship to describe "the complex of interactions that transpire between parent (or primary caregiver) and child as they engage in food selection, ingestion, and regulation" (p. 353). Today, FD is perceived as a transactional or relationship disorder (Chatoor, Ganiban, Colin, Plummer, & Harmon, 1998;Goodlin-Jones & Andes, 2001). Disruptions in the feeding relationship may occur for diverse reasons, such as a lack of goodness-of-fit of the parent to the child, parental difficulties in supporting the child's bids for autonomy expressed through regulation of food intake, excessive parental control, or knowledge deficiency about food dynamics.…”

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Father–child and mother–child interaction in families with a child feeding disorder: The role of paternal involvement

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To date, research about feeding disorder (FD) has focused almost exclusively on the mother-child dyad, ignoring fathers' roles. The current study investigated father-child interactions with children having FD. The sample consisted of 67 children (1-3 years old) and their mothers and fathers. Thirty-four children, diagnosed with a nonorganic-based FD (FD group) and 33 children without an FD (control group) were matched for age, gender, birth order, and maternal education. Data were collected during home visits. Mothers were interviewed about their and the father's involvement in childcare. In addition, mother-child and father-child interactions were videotaped during play and feeding. Both mothers and fathers from the FD group experienced less positive parent-child interactions than did parents in the control group. Furthermore, mothers in the FD group reported greater maternal versus paternal childcare involvement than did control group mothers. Finally, FD group mothers exhibited more parental sensitivity than did fathers during feeing interactions; however, this difference was observed only when coupled with low paternal involvement. In families where fathers were highly involved, no difference was evident in paternal and maternal sensitivity. These findings highlight the importance of fathers' involvement, especially in families with children exhibiting an FD.

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“…Previous publications from this data set have focused on the diagnosis of infantile anorexia and attachment patterns, temperament characteristics, and parental characteristics associated with this feeding disorder. 15,19,20 The current report focuses on the cognitive development of toddlers with infantile anorexia in relation to picky and healthy eaters, and it included a subset of toddlers from the original study (n ϭ 88) who were between the ages of 12 and 33 months.After Institutional Review Board approval was obtained, parents of toddlers who had infantile anorexia and were referred to the study by pediatricians and gastroenterologists at the hospital and in the community were asked to participate in the study. None of the parents refused consent.…”

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Failure to Thrive and Cognitive Development in Toddlers With Infantile Anorexia

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ABSTRACT. Objective. The goal of this study was to examine the relative contributions of growth deficiency and psychosocial factors to cognitive development in toddlers with infantile anorexia.Methods. Eighty-eight toddlers, ranging in age from 12 to 33 months, were enrolled in this study. Toddlers were evaluated by 2 child psychiatrists and placed into 1 of 3 groups: infantile anorexia, picky eater, and healthy eater. All 3 groups were matched for age, race, gender, and socioeconomic status (SES). Toddlers underwent nutritional evaluations and cognitive assessments with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. Toddlers and their mothers were also videotaped during feeding and play interactions, which later were rated independently by 2 observers.Results. On average, toddlers with infantile anorexia performed within the normal range of cognitive development. However, the Mental Developmental Index (MDI) scores of the healthy eater group (MDI ‫؍‬ 110) were significantly higher than those of the infantile anorexia (MDI ‫؍‬ 99) and picky eater (MDI ‫؍‬ 96) groups. Within the infantile anorexia group, correlations between MDI scores and the toddlers' percentage of ideal body weight approached statistical significance (r ‫؍‬ .32). Across all groups, the toddlers' MDI scores were associated with the quality of mother-child interactions, SES level, and maternal education level. Collectively, these variables explained 22% of the variance in MDI scores.Conclusions. This study demonstrated that psychosocial factors, such as mother-toddler interactions, maternal education level, and SES level, are related to the cognitive development of toddlers with feeding problems and explain more unique variance in MDI scores than nutritional status. Pediatrics 2004;113:e440 -e447. URL: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/113/ 5/e440; failure to thrive, feeding disorder, infantile anorexia, cognitive development, growth deficiency, mothertoddler interactions.ABBREVIATIONS. FTT, failure to thrive; SES, socioeconomic status; MDI, Mental Developmental Index; BSID, Bayley Scales of Infant Development. F ailure to thrive (FTT) describes children who exhibit growth deficiency, as indexed by faltering or stunted growth. Several studies suggest that FTT is associated with poorer cognitive development, learning disabilities, and long-term behavioral problems. [1][2][3] More recently, Corbett et al 4 detected a significant association between the severity of growth deficiency and IQ, whereas Raynor and Rudolf 5 found that 55% of the infants who were failing to thrive exhibited developmental delay. In addition, a study by Reif et al 6 reported that children with a history of FTT were found to have more learning difficulties and evidenced developmental delay at follow-up 5 years after the initial presentation.These findings from the pediatric literature have led many to believe that FTT alone is sufficient to cause developmental delays. However, a critical problem with many previous studies is that FTT is frequently confounded with psychoso...

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Attachment and Feeding Problems: A Reexamination of Nonorganic Failure to Thrive and Attachment Insecurity

Cited by 69 publications

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Maternal mental health and child feeding problems in a non-clinical group

Maternal mental health and child feeding problems in a non-clinical group

Father–child and mother–child interaction in families with a child feeding disorder: The role of paternal involvement

Failure to Thrive and Cognitive Development in Toddlers With Infantile Anorexia

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