Maternal mental health and child feeding problems in a non-clinical group.
Eat Behav
; 8(3): 311-8, 2007 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-17606229
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the contribution of symptoms of anxiety, depression and eating psychopathology to reports of child feeding difficulties in a non-clinical group of mothers of male and female children.METHOD:
A community sample of 56 mothers of male children and 40 mothers of female children with a mean age of 32 months completed measures of anxiety, depression, eating psychopathology and child feeding problems.RESULTS:
In mothers of male children, symptoms of depression and anxiety, but not eating psychopathology, were predictors of difficult feeding interactions. In contrast, in mothers of female children, symptoms of bulimia and depression, but not anxiety, were significant predictors of reported food refusal.DISCUSSION:
Different aspects of psychopathological symptomology may be risk factors for reports of feeding problems dependent on the child's gender. Further work should continue to assess the nature and motivation for the controlling of feeding behaviors exhibited by mothers of children of different genders.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ansiedad
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Trastornos de Alimentación y de la Ingestión de Alimentos
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Hijo de Padres Discapacitados
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Trastornos de Ingestión y Alimentación en la Niñez
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Depresión
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Madres
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eat Behav
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido