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PARENTAL INFLUENCES ON CHILDREN'S EATING BEHAVIOR AND RELATIVE WEIGHT
1983 · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; v. 16; n. 4; p. 371-378; Fonte: Wiley
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 1983
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; v. 16; n. 4; p. 371-378; Fonte: Wiley
- Palavras-chave
- JABA; análise do comportamento
Autores
- Robert C. Klesges
- Thomas J. Coates
- Guendoline Brown
- Janet Sturgeon‐Tillisch
- Lisa M. Moldenhauer‐Klesges
- Barbara Holzer
- Joan Woolfrey
- Jim Vollmer
Resumo
We investigated the relationship between selected parent behaviors, child mealtime behavior, and infant relative weight. Subjects were 7 male and 7 female children varying in age from 12 to 30 months (mean = 23.9 months). Each subject and parents were observed during the dinnertime meal on two occasions using the BATMAN (Bob and Tom's Method of Assessing Nutrition). The children spent 58% of the mealtime eating. They spent very little time making active decisions about what and how much they ate (food requests = 2% of the time; food refusals = 1% of the time). We found significant correlations between child relative weight and (a) parental prompts to eat (r = .81, p < .001), (b) parental food offers (r = .51, p < .05), and (c) parental encouragement to eat (r = .82, p < .001). Thus, the present study suggests a relationship between certain parental variables and the relative weight of their children.