Remembered childhood mealtime experiences influence on early childcare and education staff.

Autor: Zhang D; Research and Evaluation Division, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 521 Jack Stephens Drive #530, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. Electronic address: dzhang@uams.edu., Swindle T; Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 521 Jack Stephens Drive #530, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. Electronic address: tswindle@uams.edu., Fletcher JW; Emerita, Child, Family, and Consumer Studies, University of Idaho, 1003 Colt Road, Moscow, ID, 83843Do, USA. Electronic address: jfletch@uidaho.edu., Sigman-Grant M; Maternal and Child Health Specialist, University of Nevada, Reno, 2558 S Elizabeth Street, #5, Salt Lake City, UT, 84106, USA. Electronic address: sigmangrantm@unr.edu., Johnson SL; Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Children's Eating Laboratory, 12631 E 17th Ave, Rm #2609, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. Electronic address: Susan.Johnson@cuanschutz.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Appetite [Appetite] 2023 Nov 01; Vol. 190, pp. 107003. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.107003
Abstrakt: Parent feeding styles, behaviors, beliefs, and practices are associated with developing children's eating behaviors. However, many children spend considerable time in childcare; thus, are exposed to child-feeding practices of other adults, e.g., early care and education (ECE) staff. Limited research exists on how and whether current classroom feeding practices of ECE staff associate with their own childhood experiences. The About Feeding Children survey, conducted in 2005, examined self-reported feeding practices and beliefs and personal characteristics of ECE staff in Western United States. An exploratory factor analysis of questions related to childhood experiences (N = 1189), revealed two Mealtime Factors: Remembered Adult Control and Remembered Child Autonomy Support. Structural equation modeling was conducted to examine the hypothesis that these remembered experiences would be associated with current feeding practices (Structural Mealtime Strategies, Verbal Mealtime Strategies, and Beliefs about Mealtimes). For each outcome, models had good to moderate fit. Across models, Remembered Autonomy Support was associated with less control, bribing, autonomy undermining, and concern-based control beliefs and greater support at meals and autonomy promoting beliefs in teachers' classroom feeding practices. More research is called for to consider whether reflection on remembered childhood experiences might be beneficial to consider during ECE staff training related to feeding young children.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None.
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