Self-Determination Theory as a Theoretical Framework for a Responsive Approach to Child Feeding

Cormack, Johanna; Rowell, Katja; Postăvaru, Gianina-Ioana

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2020.02.005

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“…Research on early childhood feeding practices has explored approaches that result in positive dietary outcomes. At the forefront is the concept of responsive feeding practice, where parents create a supportive environment that values their child's ability to self-regulate eating and develop autonomy and provide positive responses that are appropriate to their child's development and competence [14]. More recently, self-determination theory (SDT) has been used to conceptualize the development and motivation for the responsive feeding practices that are necessary for parents and children to internalize healthy food behaviors and values [14].…”

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“…At the forefront is the concept of responsive feeding practice, where parents create a supportive environment that values their child's ability to self-regulate eating and develop autonomy and provide positive responses that are appropriate to their child's development and competence [14]. More recently, self-determination theory (SDT) has been used to conceptualize the development and motivation for the responsive feeding practices that are necessary for parents and children to internalize healthy food behaviors and values [14]. The SDT is a motivational theoretical framework, comprising three practices: parental positive involvement ("relatedness enhancing"), autonomy support ("autonomy enhancing"), and provision of structure ("competence enhancing") [15][16][17].…”

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Exploring Feeding Practices and Food Literacy in Parents with Young Children from Disadvantaged Areas

Tartaglia

McIntosh

Jancey

et al. 2021

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Early childhood provides an opportunity to optimize growth and development and parents play a fundamental role in forming healthy eating habits in their children. A healthy diet improves quality of life and wellbeing and reduces the risk of chronic disease. The aim of this research was to explore parents’ experiences of feeding 0–5-year-old children and food literacy behaviors. This qualitative study employed a general inductive inquiry approach. Participants were recruited through community-based parenting organizations in disadvantaged areas. Eight focus groups were conducted with 67 parents (92.5% female) living in socially disadvantaged areas within metropolitan Perth of Western Australia. Ten themes emerged from the preliminary analysis and were aligned with domains of relatedness, autonomy, and competence within the self-determination theory. Themes included relatedness (1) feeding is emotional, (2) variations in routine and feeding structures, (3) external influences, autonomy (4) power struggles, (5) it must be quick and easy, (6) lack of strategies for feeding autonomy, competency (7) whatever works, (8) healthy is important but for some unattainable, (9) improvements in food literacy skills, and (10) conflicting information overload. This research informed the development of a food literacy program for parents. Parents faced many challenges when trying to provide healthy food. This research has shown parents would benefit from support to achieve healthy eating practices for their families.

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Exploring Feeding Practices and Food Literacy in Parents with Young Children from Disadvantaged Areas

Tartaglia

McIntosh

Jancey

et al. 2021

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“…Authoritarian parents are inclined to favor the compliance of children and over-restrain the autonomy of children [23] . However, self-determination theory emphasizes that by supporting satis cation of individuals' psychological need of autonomy, social environment can enhance human's internal motivation, promote the internalization of external motivation, and ensure the healthy growth of human beings [24] . When the social environment cannot support the need of autonomy, children will experience excessive psychological burden, and thus have an increasing risk of FC [25] .…”

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Relationship Between Family-related Factors and Functional Constipation Among Chinese Preschoolers: a Case-control Study

Niu

Liu

et al. 2022

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Background Constipation is one of the common symptoms in childhood. The prevalence of FC is about 0.5–32% and still on the rise according to global statistics. The aim of this study is to explore the associations between family-related factors (e.g., parental conflict, parenting style, and parent-child relationship) and functional constipation of preschool children based on family system theory. Methods The study is a case-control survey of preschoolers in China. In total, 108 preschoolers with functional constipation diagnosed with pediatric Rome IV criteria and 324 healthy examination preschoolers without functional constipation were enrolled in the study. Parents completed the following 5 instruments: General information questionnaire, the Parental Conflict Scale, the Parenting Style Questionnaire, the Child-parent Relationship Scale and the Children's Emotional Adjustment Scale-Preschool Version. Results Nine categories of factors which significantly predicted functional constipation in preschoolers were retained in the final logistic regression model: Second child in birth order (OR = 0.456; 95% CI, 0.229 to 0.910), children picky eating (OR = 2.936; 95% CI, 1.133 to 7.611), bad bowel habits (OR = 2.896; 95% CI, 1.391 to 6.028), parental history of constipation (OR = 3.259; 95% CI, 1.600 to 6.639), parents blaming the child for having a bad bowel movement (OR = 3.788; 95% CI, 1.391 to 10.318), more than 3 hours of fathers-child interaction time per day (OR = 0.137; 95% CI, 0.024 to 0.778), parental conflict (OR = 1.981; 95% CI, 0.950 to 3.831), doting or authoritarian family style (OR = 1.644; 95% CI, 1.067 to 2.534, OR = 2.481; 95% CI, 1.362 to 4.519), and anxiety control or temper control in children (OR = 0.492; 95% CI, 0.303 to 0.799, OR = 0.189; 95% CI, 0.103 to 0.348). Conclusions This study identified the significant associations between family-related factors and functional constipation in preschool children, which provide implications for healthcare professionals to address functional constipation in early childhood using a preventive lens.

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“…Authoritarian parents are inclined to favor the compliance of children and over-restrain the autonomy of children [23]. However, self-determination theory emphasizes that by supporting satisfaction of individuals' psychological need of autonomy, social environment can enhance human's internal motivation, promote the internalization of external motivation, and ensure the healthy growth of human beings [24]. When the social environment cannot support the need of autonomy, children will experience excessive psychological burden, and thus have an increasing risk of FC [25].…”

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confidence: 99%

Relationship between family-related factors and functional constipation among Chinese preschoolers: a case–control study

Niu

Liu

et al. 2022

BMC Pediatr

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Background Constipation is one of the common symptoms in childhood. The prevalence of FC is about 0.5% to 32% and still on the rise according to global statistics. The aim of this study is to explore the associations between family-related factors (e.g., parental conflict, parenting style, and parent–child relationship) and functional constipation of preschool children based on family system theory. Methods The study is a case–control survey of preschoolers in China. In total, 108 preschoolers with functional constipation diagnosed with pediatric Rome IV criteria and 324 healthy examination preschoolers without functional constipation were enrolled in the study. Parents completed the following 5 instruments: General information questionnaire, the Parental Conflict Scale, the Parenting Style Questionnaire, the Child-parent Relationship Scale and the Children’s Emotional Adjustment Scale-Preschool Version. Results Nine categories of factors which significantly predicted functional constipation in preschoolers were retained in the final logistic regression model: Second child in birth order (OR = 0.456; 95% CI, 0.229 to 0.910), children picky eating (OR = 2.936; 95% CI, 1.133 to 7.611), bad bowel habits (OR = 2.896; 95% CI, 1.391 to 6.028), parental history of constipation (OR = 3.259; 95% CI, 1.600 to 6.639), parents blaming the child for having a bad bowel movement (OR = 3.788; 95% CI, 1.391 to 10.318), more than 3 h of fathers-child interaction time per day (OR = 0.137; 95% CI, 0.024 to 0.778), parental conflict (OR = 1.981; 95% CI, 0.950 to 3.831), doting or authoritarian parenting style (OR = 1.644; 95% CI, 1.067 to 2.534, OR = 2.481; 95% CI, 1.362 to 4.519), and anxiety control or temper control in children (OR = 0.492; 95% CI, 0.303 to 0.799, OR = 0.189; 95% CI, 0.103 to 0.348). Conclusions This study identified the significant associations between family-related factors and functional constipation in preschool children, which provide implications for healthcare professionals to address functional constipation in early childhood using a preventive lens.

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Self-Determination Theory as a Theoretical Framework for a Responsive Approach to Child Feeding

Cited by 18 publications

References 60 publications

Exploring Feeding Practices and Food Literacy in Parents with Young Children from Disadvantaged Areas

Exploring Feeding Practices and Food Literacy in Parents with Young Children from Disadvantaged Areas

Relationship Between Family-related Factors and Functional Constipation Among Chinese Preschoolers: a Case-control Study

Relationship between family-related factors and functional constipation among Chinese preschoolers: a case–control study

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