Parenting styles, parental response to child emotion, and family emotional responsiveness are related to child emotional eating

Glade L Topham; Laura Hubbs-Tait; Julie M Rutledge; Melanie C Page; Tay S Kennedy; Lenka H Shriver; Amanda W Harrist

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2011.01.007

Parenting styles, parental response to child emotion, and family emotional responsiveness are related to child emotional eating

Appetite. 2011 Apr;56(2):261-4. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.01.007. Epub 2011 Jan 11.

Authors

Glade L Topham¹, Laura Hubbs-Tait, Julie M Rutledge, Melanie C Page, Tay S Kennedy, Lenka H Shriver, Amanda W Harrist

Affiliation

¹ Department of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University, 233 HES, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. glade.topham@okstate.edu

PMID: 21232566
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.01.007

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to examine the relations of parenting style, parent response to negative child emotion, and family emotional expressiveness and support to child emotional eating. Mothers (N=450) completed questionnaires and their 6-8-year-old children (N=450) were interviewed. Results showed that emotional eating was negatively predicted by authoritative parenting style and family open expression of affection and emotion, and positively predicted by parent minimizing response to child negative emotion. Results suggest the need for early prevention/intervention efforts directed to these parenting and family variables.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Authoritarianism
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emotions*
Feeding Behavior / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Parent-Child Relations*
Parenting / psychology*
Regression Analysis
Surveys and Questionnaires*