Table 2.

Correlation patterns among the seven parental child-feeding practices according to child gender: parent–child pairs (n 465) from an elementary school in central Taiwan, 2008 and 2009

	Girls
	Responsibility	Perceived child weight	Concern about child weight	Restriction to eat	Pressure to eat	Monitor	Perceived parent weight
Boys
Responsibility	–	−0·04	−0·02	0·12	0·22**	0·32**	−0·07
Perceived child weight	−0·11	–	0·37**	0·07	−0·29**	−0·05	0·23**
Concern about child weight	−0·10	0·40**	–	0·14*	−0·21**	−0·03	0·12
Restriction to eat	0·04	0·01	0·13	–	0·24**	0·23**	0·01
Pressure to eat	0·15*	−0·26**	0·12	0·37	–	0·19**	−0·13
Monitor	0·33**	0·06	0·02	0·14*	0·05	–	−0·05
Perceived parent weight	−0·08	0·22**	0·25**	0·08	−0·08	−0·10	–

*Correlation coefficients are significant at the 0·05 level (two-tailed).

**Correlation coefficients are significant at the 0·01 level (two-tailed).