College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2023 Feb 15;20(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12966-023-01407-3.
BACKGROUND: There is a substantial body of research on children's eating behaviours (e.g., food responsiveness and fussiness) and related constructs (e.g., eating in the absence of hunger, appetite self-regulation). This research provides a foundation for understanding children's dietary intakes and healthy eating behaviours, as well as efforts at intervention, whether in relation to food avoidance, overeating and/or trajectories to excess weight gain. The success of these efforts and their associated outcomes is dependent on the theoretical foundation and conceptual clarity of the behaviours and constructs. This, in turn contributes to the coherence and precision of the definitions and measurement of these behaviours and constructs. Limited clarity in these areas ultimately creates uncertainty around the interpretation of findings from research studies and intervention programs. At present there does not appear to be an overarching theoretical framework of children's eating behaviours and associated constructs, or for separate domains of children's eating behaviours/constructs. The main purpose of the present review was to examine the possible theoretical foundations of some of the main current questionnaire and behavioural measures of children's eating behaviours and related constructs. METHODS: We reviewed the literature on the most prominent measures of children's eating behaviours for use with children aged ~ 0-12 years. We focused on the explanations and justifications for the original design of the measures and whether these included theoretical perspectives, as well as current theoretical interpretations (and difficulties) of the behaviours and constructs. RESULTS: We found that the most commonly used measures had their foundations in relatively applied or practical concerns rather than theoretical perspectives. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded, consistent with Lumeng & Fisher (1), that although existing measures have served the field well, to advance the field as a science, and better contribute to knowledge development, increased attention should be directed to the conceptual and theoretical foundations of children's eating behaviours and related constructs. Suggestions for future directions are outlined.
背景：有大量关于儿童饮食行为（如食物反应性和挑剔）和相关构念（如饥饿时进食、食欲自我调节）的研究。这些研究为理解儿童的饮食摄入和健康饮食习惯提供了基础，也为干预提供了基础，无论是与食物回避、暴饮暴食和/或超重增加轨迹有关。这些努力及其相关结果的成功与否取决于行为和构念的理论基础和概念清晰度。这反过来又有助于这些行为和构念的定义和测量的一致性和精确性。这些领域的清晰度有限，最终会导致对研究和干预计划中发现的解释存在不确定性。目前，似乎没有一个关于儿童饮食行为和相关构念的总体理论框架，也没有关于儿童饮食行为/构念的单独领域的理论框架。本研究的主要目的是检查一些主要的当前儿童饮食行为及其相关构念问卷和行为测量的可能理论基础。
方法：我们回顾了针对 0-12 岁儿童使用的最著名的儿童饮食行为测量方法的文献。我们专注于这些测量方法的原始设计的解释和理由，以及这些方法是否包括理论视角，以及当前对这些行为和构念的理论解释（和困难）。
结果：我们发现，最常用的测量方法的基础是相对应用或实用的考虑，而不是理论视角。
结论：与 Lumeng 和 Fisher（1）一致，我们得出结论，尽管现有测量方法对该领域很有帮助，但为了将该领域作为一门科学向前推进，并更好地为知识发展做出贡献，应该更加关注儿童饮食行为和相关构念的概念和理论基础。概述了未来的发展方向。
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2023-2-15
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2015-12-26
Nutrients. 2025-5-27
Health Promot J Austr. 2025-7
Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2022-5-9
Front Nutr. 2022-2-9
Front Nutr. 2021-12-24
Zotero 插件