The immediate effect of maternal control of their
daughter's eating is well documented. However, the longterm
effect of both maternal and paternal control of eating
during childhood on adults' current eating attitudes and
behaviors has been a relatively unexplored area. Parents
play a central role in shaping the family eating
environment, which provides a context for the child's
relationship with food for years to come (Birch, Fisher,
Grimm-Thomas, Markey, Sawyer & Johnson, 2001).
The present study focused on expanding the existing
knowledge base concerning parental control over eating. Two
hundred sixty-seven female adult participants completed a
questionnaire packet designed to measure maternal and paternal restriction and pressure to eat during childhood,
family mealtime stress during childhood, current
restriction, binge eating, emotional eating, eating from
external cues, and current affect during meals.
Results indicated that parental pressure to eat during
childhood are related to restricted eating, emotional
eating, and eating from external cues during adulthood.
Family mealtime stress during childhood was related to
binge eating, restricted eating, emotional eating, eating
from external cues, and negative affect while eating during
adulthood. Implications for practice and recommendations
for future research are presented.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-603 |
| Date | 2009 May 1900 |
| Creators | Pfeffer, Amanda J. |
| Contributors | Brossart, Dan |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
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