Stifter Cynthia A, Moding Kameron J
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, 119 Health and Human Development Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, 119 Health and Human Development Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States.
Appetite. 2015 Dec;95:188-96. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.07.009. Epub 2015 Jul 9.
The present study examined the development of parent use of food to soothe infant distress by examining this feeding practice longitudinally when infants were 6, 12 and 18 months of age. Two measures of feeding to soothe were obtained: parent self-report and observations of food to soothe during each laboratory visit. Demographic and maternal predictors of food to soothe were examined as well as the outcome, infant weight gain. The findings showed that the two measures of food to soothe were unrelated but did reveal similar and unique relations with predictor variables such as parent feeding style and maternal self-efficacy. Only observations of the use of food to soothe were related to infant weight gain. The findings indicate that the two measures of food to soothe may be complementary and that observations of this feeding practice may capture certain relations that are not obtained through the use of self-report.
本研究通过纵向考察婴儿6个月、12个月和18个月大时父母用食物安抚婴儿苦恼的喂养行为,对这种喂养行为的发展进行了研究。获得了两种用于安抚的喂养行为测量方法:父母自我报告以及每次实验室访视期间对用食物安抚行为的观察。研究了用于安抚的食物的人口统计学和母亲预测因素以及婴儿体重增加这一结果。研究结果表明,两种用于安抚的食物行为测量方法不相关,但确实揭示了与诸如父母喂养方式和母亲自我效能感等预测变量的相似和独特关系。只有对用食物安抚行为的观察与婴儿体重增加有关。研究结果表明,两种用于安抚的食物行为测量方法可能具有互补性,并且对这种喂养行为的观察可能捕捉到通过自我报告无法获得的某些关系。