dc.contributor.author | Melbye, Elisabeth Lind | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-14T12:42:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-14T12:42:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-04-26 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Parent-child feeding interactions: The Influence of Child Cognitions and Parental Feeding Behaviors on Child Healthy Eating by Elisabeth Lind Melbye, Stavanger : University of Stavanger, 2012 (PhD thesis UiS, no. 158) | no_NO |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-82-7644-488-9 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1890-1387 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/185231 | |
dc.description | PhD thesis in Hotel and tourism management | no_NO |
dc.description | This thesis is based on the following papers: | |
dc.description | PAPER 1: Melbye, E. L., Øgaard, T., & Øverby, N. C. (2011). Validation of the
Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire with parents of 10-to-
12-year-olds. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11 (113). URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/11/113 | |
dc.description | PAPER 2: Melbye, E. L., Øverby, N. C., & Øgaard, T. (2011). Child consumption
of fruit and vegetables: the roles of child cognitions and parental
feeding practices. Public Health Nutrition, 15(2012)6, pp. 1047-1055. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980011002679 | |
dc.description | PAPER 3: Melbye, E. L., Øgaard, T., & Øverby, N. C. Associations between
parental feeding practices and child vegetable consumption: mediation
by child cognitions? Manuscript submitted for publication. | |
dc.description.abstract | With the increasing prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and
obesity in mind, the main objective of this thesis is to contribute to the
understanding of preadolescent children’s eating behavior in the
context of parent-child food-related interactions. A more long-term
objective is to obtain knowledge that might have the potential to inform
future family-oriented nutrition interventions. This thesis consists of
three empirical studies and an overview presenting the theoretical
foundation, aims, major findings, and an overall discussion of the
research performed.
The specific aims of the studies included in the thesis are: (1) to test the
validity of a not yet established parental feeding measure (the
Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire; CFPQ) to see if it is
suitable tool for measuring feeding behaviors with parents of
preadolescent children (10-12-year-olds); (2) to explore the roles of
child cognitions and parental feeding behaviors in explaining child
intentions and behavior regarding fruit and vegetable consumption; and
(3) to investigate the pathways of the associations between parental
feeding behaviors and child vegetable consumption, addressing
potential mediating effects of child cognitions.
The results of the studies suggest that the CFPQ is a promising tool for
measuring feeding practices with parents of preadolescent children
(study 1); child-reported cognitions plays a greater role than parentreported
feeding practices in explaining the variance in child intentions
and behavior regarding fruit and vegetable consumption (study 2);
some parent-reported feeding practices are indirectly associated with
child vegetable consumption (i.e. parent-reported child control, parental
encouragement of a balanced and varied diet, and parental restriction
for health purposes) indicating mediation through child cognitions,
while others are directly associated with child vegetable consumption
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(i.e. parent-reported home environment) (study 3). Although our
analyses show statistically significant associations between some
parental feeding practices and child intentions and behavior regarding
fruit and vegetable consumption, these associations are weak. Possible
reasons for the weak associations are thoroughly discussed, and
directions for future research are suggested.
This thesis extends the current literature on parent-child feeding
interactions. It also makes a contribution to the more general health
behavior and food consumption literature, by expanding an established
cognitive model often applied within these research fields. Both the
validation study (study 1) and the studies on the influence of child
cognitions and parental feeding behaviors on child (healthy) eating
(studies 2 and 3) address clear shortcomings within the literature.
However, more research is needed to inform future family-oriented
nutrition interventions in this group of the population. | no_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | no_NO |
dc.publisher | University of Stavanger, Norway | no_NO |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | PhD thesis UiS;158 | |
dc.rights | Copyright the author, all right reserve | |
dc.subject | kosthold | no_NO |
dc.title | Parent-child feeding interactions: The Influence of Child Cognitions and Parental Feeding Behaviors on Child Healthy Eating | no_NO |
dc.type | Doctoral thesis | no_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Nutrition: 811 | no_NO |