PARENTAL EATING DISORDER SYMPTOMS AND OBSERVATIONS OF MEALTIME INTERACTIONS WITH CHILDREN.pdf (141.02 kB)
Parental eating disorder symptoms and observations of mealtime interactions with children
journal contribution
posted on 2012-12-21, 11:34 authored by Jacqueline Blissett, Emma HaycraftEmma HaycraftObjective
To examine relationships between parental eating disorder symptomatology and observed feeding interactions with children.
Method
Twenty-three mother–father pairs of children between 18 months and 5 years completed a self-report measure of eating disorders and were observed during a family mealtime.
Results
Parental reports of eating disorder symptoms were related to observations of greater pressurizing by both parents, maternal restriction of children's food intake and use of incentives to eat, more mouthfuls of food eaten by the child, and less food refusal.
Discussion
Observed controlling feeding practices are related to symptoms of eating disorders in nonclinical groups of mothers and fathers, highlighting one mechanism by which eating distress may be transmitted within families.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Citation
BLISSETT, J. and HAYCRAFT, E., 2011. Parental eating disorder symptoms and observations of mealtime interactions with children. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 70 (4), pp. 368 - 371Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2011Notes
This article was published in the serial, Journal of Psychosomatic Research [© Elsevier] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.07.006ISSN
0022-3999eISSN
1879-1360Publisher version
Language
- en