Children's Self-Regulation in Eating: Associations with Inhibitory Control and Parents' Feeding Behavior

Children who self-regulate while eating and children who show high global self-regulation abilities, such as inhibitory control, are less likely to be overweight than children who do not show the same capacities for self-regulation. This study examined the association between child self-regulation i...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric psychology 2011-04, Vol.36 (3), p.340-345
Main Authors: CIN CIN TAN, HOLUB, Shayla C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
Child, Preschool
Energy Intake
Feeding Behavior - psychology
Humans
Medical sciences
Obesity - etiology
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting - psychology
Parents - psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Control, Informal
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Summary:Children who self-regulate while eating and children who show high global self-regulation abilities, such as inhibitory control, are less likely to be overweight than children who do not show the same capacities for self-regulation. This study examined the association between child self-regulation in eating and inhibitory control, and investigated whether self-regulation is related to parents' restrictive feeding practices. Sixty-three parents reported on their 3- to 9-year-old children's self-regulation in eating, inhibitory control, and their own feeding practices. Self-regulation in eating and inhibitory control were positively correlated, r = .54. Self-regulation in eating predicted parents' use of restrictive feeding practices above and beyond children's inhibitory control and parents' concerns about their children's weight, p 
ISSN:0146-8693
1465-735X
DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/jsq089