The Effects of Parental Emotion Regulation Ability on Parenting Self-Efficacy and Child Diet.

ABSTRACT: Child weight issues can be emotionally challenging for parents. The purpose of this study was to examine how parents' ability to manage negative emotions may facilitate parenting self-efficacy and healthy parenting behaviors (e.g., providing healthy food for a child). In this study, parents (N = 159) of a 6-12-year-old child completed a health-specific parenting self-efficacy questionnaire and retrospectively reported their child's daily servings of fruits and vegetables and sweets and soda. They also completed a parental emotion regulation task where they viewed film clips of families struggling with child weight challenges. During this task, parents managed their emotions by either positively reframing the situation to feel less negative (down-regulate negative emotions) or

SUBMITTER: Sagui-Henson SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11361363 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature