Relationships between parental responsive feeding and infant appetitive traits: The moderating role of infant temperament.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Between the ages of 6 and 12 months is a crucial stage for children to develop appetitive self-regulation. Evidence suggests that a combination of parental responsive feeding and infant temperament (surgency, effortful control, negative affect) shapes infant appetitive traits (food approach, food avoidance). There is a need for research to explore these relationships, in order to provide guidance for the design of an effective intervention to improve appetitive traits. The objective of the current study was to explore the moderating role of infant temperament in the relationship between parental responsive feeding and infant appetitive traits.

Methods

A total of 616 questionnaires, measuring parental responsive feeding, infant appetitive traits, and infant tempe

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939436 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature