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Affective tone of mothers' statements to restrict their children's eating_2016.pdf (295.24 kB)

Affective tone of mothers' statements to restrict their children's eating_2016.pdf

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posted on 2019-04-17, 17:45 authored by Megan Pesch, Alison Miller, Danielle Appugliese, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Julie Lumeng
Maternal restrictive feeding behaviors have been associated with child weight status. The affective tone
of mothers' statements intended to restrict their children's eating has not been examined. The objectives
of this study were to describe the affective tone of mothers' restrictive feeding behaviors (positive or
negative), and to test the association of child and mother characteristics with rates of Restriction with
Positive Affect, Restriction with Negative Affect and Total Restriction. A total of 237 low-income childmother
dyads (mean child age 5.9 years) participated in a videotaped standardized laboratory eating
protocol, during which mothers and children were both presented with large servings of cupcakes. A
coding scheme was developed to count each restrictive statement with a positive affective tone and each
restrictive statement with a negative affective tone. To establish reliability, 20% of videos were doublecoded.
Demographics and anthropometrics were obtained. Poisson regression models were used to
test the association between characteristics of the child and mother with counts of Restriction with
Positive Affect, Restriction with Negative Affect, and Total Restriction. Higher rates of Restriction with
Positive Affect and Total Restriction were predicted by child obese weight status, and mother non-
Hispanic white race/ethnicity. Higher rates of Restriction with Negative Affect were predicted by older
child age, child obese weight status, mother non-Hispanic white race/ethnicity, and lower mother education
level. In conclusion, in this study mothers of obese (vs. non-obese) children had higher rates of
restriction in general, but particularly higher rates of Restriction with Negative Affect. Rather than being
told not to restrict, mothers may need guidance on how to sensitively restrict their child's intake. Future
studies should consider the contributions of maternal affect to children's responses to maternal
restriction.

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