Revisiting a neglected construct: parenting styles in a child-feeding context

Hughes, Sheryl O.; Power, Thomas G.; Fisher, Jennifer O.; Mueller, Stephen L.; Nicklas, Theresa A.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2004.08.007

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“…Results indicate that increased encouragement and pressure to eat were more consistently associated with lower child weight whereas no associations were found with other parental feeding styles. However, Musher-Eizenman and Holub (25) suggest that the emphasis on controlling practices (pressure and/or restriction) as presented by Hughes et al (39,77) and Carnell and Wardle (24) may have prevented exploration of other important constructs and propose that restriction should be a separate construct. Musher-Eizenman and Holub also highlight the importance of parental modelling of healthy foods and food exposure as effective feeding practices, yet note that these constructs are not included in self-reported measures of parental feeding (78)(79)(80) .…”

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Associations between parenting styles and nutrition knowledge and 2–5-year-old children's fruit, vegetable and non-core food consumption

Peters

Dollman

Petkov

et al. 2012

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Objective: During the early years, parents have a major influence on children's diets and developing food choices. We investigated parenting styles as predictors of 2-5-year-old children's diets and whether general nutrition knowledge (GNK) mediated these influences. Design: Cross-sectional research. Questionnaires measured demographic and lifestyle variables, family environment, parenting styles and feeding practices, child diet and GNK. Regression models tested GNK as a mediator of relationships between parenting variables and child diet (fruit/vegetable and non-core food consumption), controlling for confounders and family environment. Setting: Questionnaires were completed by main caregivers at home. Subjects: Parents of children aged 2-5 years (n 269). Results: Higher child fruit/vegetable consumption was associated with lower overreactive parenting and restriction, higher authoritative parenting and dining together as a family; with lax parenting approaching statistical significance (P 5 0?083) and 19 % of variance explained by the model. GNK was not a significant predictor. Conversely, non-core food consumption was associated with higher over-reactive and lax parenting as well as child age, increased takeaway food consumption and higher television viewing; GNK had a small effect (P 5 0?043) and 28 % of variance was explained by the model. GNK was a significant mediator only for authoritative parenting on non-core food (effect 5 20?005). Conclusions: These findings highlight that young children's diets may be improved by interventions targeting a range of positive and supportive parenting practices in conjunction with nutrition knowledge education for parents of young children. Further insights will come from closer attention to the nature and role of restrictive feeding practices v. laxness and longitudinal research.

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Associations between parenting styles and nutrition knowledge and 2–5-year-old children's fruit, vegetable and non-core food consumption

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Petkov

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“…For example, an authoritarian parenting style is characterised by high demand and control over their child, and this type of parenting style has been linked with excessive levels of pressure and restriction over their child in the feeding domain (e.g., Hughes, Power, Fisher, Mueller & Nicklas, 2005). Parenting styles have further been linked to mental health symptomology in adolescents (e.g., Wolfradt, Hempel & Miles, 2003).…”

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Perceptions of parental pressure to eat and eating behaviours in preadolescents: The mediating role of anxiety

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Previous research suggests that parental controlling feeding practices are associated with children's over-eating and under-eating behaviours. However, there is limited research addressing the link between children's mental health symptoms (specifically anxiety and depression) and their reports of eating behaviours, despite knowledge that these psychopathologies often co-exist. The current study aimed to identify the relationships between preadolescents' perceptions of their parents' feeding practices with reports of their own anxiety, depression and eating behaviours. Three hundred and fifty six children (mean The results suggest that greater anxiety in preadolescents may explain why children who perceive greater pressure to eat by their parents are more likely to exhibit maladaptive eating behaviours.

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“…A great deal of research has looked at both specific feeding practices and general parenting style and their relationship with children's eating behaviours and weight status (8)(9)(10)(11) . Investigations have examined these two aspects of the family environment together (12)(13)(14) , but none have looked at parenting style in relation to a wide range of parental feeding practices.…”

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Implementation of parental feeding practices: does parenting style matter?

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Hoffmann²,

Zbur³

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Objectives: To combat childhood obesity, researchers have focused on parental feeding practices that promote child health. The current study investigated how parenting style relates to twelve parental feeding practices. Design: Data on parenting style and parental feeding practices were obtained for a correlational study from users of Amazon's Mechanical Turk, an online survey system. Setting: USA. Subjects: Mothers of children aged 7-11 years (n 193). Results: Parenting style related differentially to eleven out of the twelve measured practices. Authoritative mothers displayed more feeding practices that promote child health and fewer practices that impede child health. Authoritarian and permissive mothers displayed more unhealthy practices than authoritative mothers, but differed from each other on the practices they employed. Conclusions: Parenting style may relate to more aspects of feeding than previously realized. The inclusion of numerous healthy feeding practices along with unhealthy practices in the current study provides suggestions for the application of healthy feeding behaviours. Instruction on feeding behaviours and parenting style should be a focus of future educational programmes.

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Revisiting a neglected construct: parenting styles in a child-feeding context

Cited by 646 publications

References 26 publications

Associations between parenting styles and nutrition knowledge and 2–5-year-old children's fruit, vegetable and non-core food consumption

Associations between parenting styles and nutrition knowledge and 2–5-year-old children's fruit, vegetable and non-core food consumption

Perceptions of parental pressure to eat and eating behaviours in preadolescents: The mediating role of anxiety

Implementation of parental feeding practices: does parenting style matter?

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