Williams Natalie A, Dev Dipti A, Hankey Maren, Blitch Kimberly
Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 250 Mabel Lee Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0236, United States.
Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 135 Home Economics Building, Lincoln, NE 68583-0831, United States.
Appetite. 2017 Apr 1;111:195-202. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.01.003. Epub 2017 Jan 6.
Parental feeding practices reflecting coercive control are related to children's later eating behaviors, but the mechanisms underlying these effects remain poorly understood. This study examined the relationships between recalled childhood experiences of parental pressure to eat and restriction and current food preoccupation, dieting, and emotional eating in a racially diverse sample of college students (N = 711). Results revealed that parental restriction, but not pressure to eat, was associated with more emotional eating (r = 0.18, p < 0.0001). Food preoccupation mediated the association between restriction and emotional eating (95% CI [3.6495-7.2231]); however, a moderated mediation model revealed that the strength of the indirect effect of restrictive feeding on emotional eating through food preoccupation was significantly different for dieters and non-dieters (index of moderated mediation = 1.79, Boot SE = 0.79; 95% bias-corrected bootstrap CI [-3.5490 to -0.4515]). These findings provide unique insight into the mechanisms linking parental feeding practices with emotional eating in young adulthood. Future studies attempting to clarify the processes through which child feeding practices impact later eating behaviors should consider the role of current dieting.
反映强制控制的父母喂养方式与儿童后期的饮食行为有关，但这些影响背后的机制仍知之甚少。本研究调查了在一个种族多样化的大学生样本（N = 711）中，回忆起的童年时期父母强迫进食和限制进食的经历与当前食物困扰、节食和情绪化进食之间的关系。结果显示，父母的限制而非强迫进食与更多的情绪化进食有关（r = 0.18，p < 0.0001）。食物困扰在限制进食和情绪化进食之间起中介作用（95% CI [3.6495 - 7.2231]）；然而，一个有调节的中介模型显示，对于节食者和非节食者，通过食物困扰产生的限制喂养对情绪化进食的间接效应强度显著不同（有调节的中介指数 = 1.79，Boot SE = 0.79；95%偏差校正自助法CI [-3.5490至-0.4515]）。这些发现为将父母喂养方式与青年期情绪化进食联系起来的机制提供了独特的见解。未来试图阐明儿童喂养方式影响后期饮食行为过程的研究应考虑当前节食的作用。
