Child and Family Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242062, Taiwan.
Nutritional Science Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242062, Taiwan.
Nutrients. 2024 Mar 20;16(6):898. doi: 10.3390/nu16060898.
Many studies have demonstrated that coparenting and parenting behaviors have a substantial effect on the behaviors of young children. Research has indicated that young children may exhibit picky eating behaviors, which pose challenges for parents in terms of coparenting and parenting. This study examined how dietary coparenting and parenting strategies directly affect young children's picky eating behaviors and explored the mediating role of parenting strategies in the relations between parental dietary coparenting and young children's picky eating behaviors. More specifically, this study focused on parents of three- to six-year-old children in northern Taiwan. A total of 408 valid completed questionnaires were collected, and the research tools included scales measuring dietary coparenting, parenting strategies, and young children's picky eating behaviors. The results revealed that supportive and undermining dietary coparenting and parenting strategies had a significant direct effect on young children's picky eating behaviors. Furthermore, supportive and undermining dietary coparenting partially mediated young children's picky eating behaviors through parenting strategies. Specifically, among parenting strategies, both "encouraging and facilitating the trying of new foods" and "guiding and modeling" proper eating behaviors had significant indirect effects on reducing young children's picky eating behaviors.
许多研究表明，共同养育和养育行为对幼儿的行为有很大影响。研究表明，幼儿可能表现出挑食行为，这给父母在共同养育和养育方面带来了挑战。本研究探讨了饮食共同养育和养育策略如何直接影响幼儿的挑食行为，并探讨了养育策略在父母饮食共同养育与幼儿挑食行为之间关系中的中介作用。更具体地说，本研究关注的是台湾北部三到六岁儿童的父母。共收集了 408 份有效完成的问卷，研究工具包括测量饮食共同养育、养育策略和幼儿挑食行为的量表。结果表明，支持和破坏饮食共同养育和养育策略对幼儿的挑食行为有显著的直接影响。此外，支持和破坏饮食共同养育策略通过养育策略部分中介了幼儿的挑食行为。具体来说，在养育策略中，“鼓励和促进尝试新食物”和“引导和示范”正确的饮食习惯都对减少幼儿的挑食行为有显著的间接影响。
