Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA.
Child Obes. 2013 Aug;9 Suppl(Suppl 1):S32-9. doi: 10.1089/chi.2013.0030.
Interactions between parents and children in regard to food are an important part of the development of food preferences and intake patterns for children. The measurement of this complex and multidimensional construct is very challenging.
This article examines the current status of measurement in this domain in a selective review, considers qualitative input from parents and adolescents in an empirical examination of the topic, and makes concrete recommendations for the future.
Qualitatively, there were important differences between what the adolescents reported that their parents did to impact their eating habits, what parents of younger children report they currently do, and what researchers typically measure in research on parental feeding practices.
On the basis of these empirical findings and our review of the literature, we recommend that food parenting be measured on three levels: Feeding styles (e.g., authoritative), food parenting practices (e.g., restriction), and specific feeding behaviors (e.g., putting food out of the child's reach). Specific recommendations for future study are given for each level of measurement.
父母与子女在食物方面的互动是儿童食物偏好和摄入模式发展的重要组成部分。对这一复杂多维结构的测量极具挑战性。
本文通过选择性回顾，考察了该领域当前的测量状况，从家长和青少年的定性输入出发，对这一主题进行了实证研究，并为未来提出了具体建议。
在质的方面，青少年所报告的父母影响其饮食习惯的行为、年龄较小的孩子的父母所报告的当前行为，以及研究人员在研究父母喂养行为时通常测量的内容之间存在重要差异。
基于这些实证发现和我们对文献的回顾，我们建议从三个层面来衡量养育子女的饮食行为：喂养风格（如权威型）、饮食养育实践（如限制）和具体的喂养行为（如将食物放在孩子够不着的地方）。针对每个测量层面，我们给出了未来研究的具体建议。
