Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, USA.
Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, University of Houston, USA.
Appetite. 2021 Dec 1;167:105608. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105608. Epub 2021 Jul 21.
Parents serve as role models and household policy makers for their children's home social environment. Also, parents may influence the home physical environment through the provision of resources to support their children's dietary, activity, and sleep behaviors. Understanding the parental characteristics related to children's home environment may allow for tailoring obesity interventions to families' needs. This study aimed to explore parental qualities (general parenting styles, parent feeding practices, and parental BMI) related to healthy home food, physical activity, media and sleep environment of toddlers. A total of 50 multi-ethnic parents with toddler age children who were enrolled in a randomized pilot study of a wellness program completed the Structure and Control in Parent Feeding (SCPF) questionnaire and Comprehensive General Parenting Questionnaire (CGPQ). Parental BMI was calculated using self-reported weight and height data. The Healthy Home Survey, the Home Food Inventory, the Sleep Environment Questionnaire, and items developed for this study were standardized and summed to create home food, physical activity, screen media, and sleep environment scores; high scores reflected healthier environments. To examine the relationships between parental qualities and the home environment, Pearson's correlation test was performed. Parental BMI and overall healthy home environment were inversely associated (r = -0.306; p = 0.032). Structure in general parenting and parental feeding practice were positively correlated with the overall healthy home environment (r = 0.336; p = 0.026) and healthy home food environment (r = 0.415; p = 0.003), respectively. The coercive control general parenting was inversely related to overall healthy home environment score (r = -0.333; p = 0.022). Based on the findings from this study, parents who provide clear communication, set consistent rules, avoid pressure to control their child's behavior, and have lower BMI tend to live in a home environment that support children's health behaviors.
父母是孩子家庭社交环境的榜样和家庭政策制定者。此外，父母可以通过提供资源来支持孩子的饮食、活动和睡眠行为，从而影响家庭的物理环境。了解与儿童家庭环境相关的父母特征可能有助于根据家庭的需求调整肥胖干预措施。本研究旨在探讨与幼儿健康家庭食物、身体活动、媒体和睡眠环境相关的父母素质（一般育儿风格、父母喂养行为和父母 BMI）。共有 50 名具有幼儿年龄的多民族父母参加了一项健康计划的随机试点研究，他们完成了结构和控制在父母喂养（SCPF）问卷和综合一般父母问卷（CGPQ）。使用自我报告的体重和身高数据计算父母的 BMI。健康家庭调查、家庭食物清单、睡眠环境问卷以及为本研究开发的项目进行了标准化和汇总，以创建家庭食物、身体活动、屏幕媒体和睡眠环境得分；高分反映了更健康的环境。为了检验父母素质与家庭环境之间的关系，进行了 Pearson 相关检验。父母 BMI 和整体健康家庭环境呈负相关（r = -0.306；p = 0.032）。一般育儿中的结构和父母喂养行为与整体健康家庭环境（r = 0.336；p = 0.026）和健康家庭食物环境（r = 0.415；p = 0.003）呈正相关。强制性控制的一般育儿与整体健康家庭环境得分呈负相关（r = -0.333；p = 0.022）。基于这项研究的结果，提供清晰沟通、制定一致规则、避免施加压力来控制孩子行为且 BMI 较低的父母往往生活在支持孩子健康行为的家庭环境中。
