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Feeding Practices Vary Across Four Parenting Styles in First‐Grade Children
Author(s) -
Kimble Ashley,
HubbsTait Laura,
Larzelere Robert E.,
Topham Glade,
Page Melanie,
Harrist Amanda W.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.1155.4
Subject(s) - permissive , parenting styles , psychology , authoritarianism , developmental psychology , style (visual arts) , clinical psychology , medicine , political science , archaeology , virology , politics , law , democracy , history
Because of conflicting findings about parenting styles and child obesity, study purpose was to conduct exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ) in order to (1) evaluate support for an uninvolved style, in addition to the authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive styles traditionally measured by the PSDQ and (2) to clarify differences among styles in feeding practices. Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) and scales for encouraging and modeling healthy eating measured feeding practices. Participants were 442 mothers ( M age = 33.92, SD =6.09; 71.3% Caucasian) of 1 st grade children ( M age =6.96, SD =0.40; 53% male). Results of EFA revealed a 4‐factor solution supporting four styles: authoritative (14 items; α = .84), authoritarian (8 items; α = .78), permissive (8 items; α = .63), and uninvolved (12 items; α = .77). Mothers were categorized as authoritative ( n =101), authoritarian ( n = 100), permissive ( n = 82), uninvolved ( n = 85), or undifferentiated ( n = 74) using z ‐scores. ANOVAs revealed the following significant between‐styles differences in feeding practices. CFQ restriction : authoritarian ( M = 3.89) > permissive ( M = 3.45). CFQ pressure : permissive ( M = 2.19) < authoritarian ( M = 2.85), authoritative ( M = 2.31), and uninvolved ( M = 2.78) mothers. CFQ monitoring : authoritative ( M = 4.07) > uninvolved ( M = 3.60). Modeling healthy eating : authoritative ( M = 2.72) and permissive ( M = 2.71) > authoritarian ( M = 2.44) and uninvolved ( M = 2.39). Encouraging healthy eating : authoritative ( M = 4.20) > uninvolved ( M = 3.99) mothers. Findings support using the PSDQ to measure uninvolved parenting style and suggest this new approach may help resolve inconsistencies in child obesity prevention research.