Intergenerational transmission of appetite self-regulation.

ABSTRACT: Parents and other primary caregivers affect the development of children's self-regulation in myriad ways, including via the parent's own self-regulation abilities. Ample evidence supports the association between mother and child self-regulation, yet this has never been experimentally assessed with regard to appetite self-regulation, the self-regulation of food intake. This study sought to explicitly test the associations between mother and child self-regulation across 3 domains: (1) appetite, (2) attentional control, and (3) inhibitory control. A community sample of 88 mother-preschooler dyads (ages 3-5) participated in this cross-sectional, experimental study. Results demonstrated that maternal self-regulation was significantly positively associated with child self-regulation in the appet

SUBMITTER: Giuliani NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10003670 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature