Tan Cin Cin, Holub Shayla C
Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, and
Department of Psychological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2015 Aug;40(7):657-63. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsv015. Epub 2015 Mar 13.
Past research suggests an association between parents' and children's emotional eating, but research has yet to examine mechanisms underlying this association.
The current study examined whether feeding for emotion regulation mediates the association between parents' and children's emotional eating, and whether this association is moderated by children's self-regulation in eating.
95 parents reported on their own and their children's emotional eating, their children's self-regulation in eating, as well as their feeding practices.
Findings revealed that feeding for emotion regulation mediated the association between parents' and children's emotional eating when children's self-regulation in eating was low, but not when self-regulation in eating was high.
The current findings demonstrate the complexity of the link between parents' and children's emotional eating, suggesting practitioners should consider both feeding practices and children's self-regulation in eating when designing intervention programs.
以往的研究表明父母与孩子的情绪化饮食之间存在关联,但尚未有研究探究这种关联背后的机制。
本研究考察了为调节情绪而喂养是否介导了父母与孩子的情绪化饮食之间的关联,以及这种关联是否受到孩子饮食自我调节能力的调节。
95名家长报告了他们自己和孩子的情绪化饮食、孩子的饮食自我调节能力以及他们的喂养方式。
研究结果显示,当孩子的饮食自我调节能力较低时,为调节情绪而喂养介导了父母与孩子的情绪化饮食之间的关联,但当饮食自我调节能力较高时则不然。
当前研究结果表明了父母与孩子的情绪化饮食之间联系的复杂性,这表明从业者在设计干预项目时应同时考虑喂养方式和孩子的饮食自我调节能力。