Table 3.

Maternal and Socio-demographic Factors Associated with Feeding Problems.

Variable		Total group (n=80) M (SD) or n (%)	No feeding problems (n=62) M (SD) or n (%)	Feeding problems (n=18) M (SD) or n (%)	p*
Maternal age		28.5 (7.0)	28.7 (7.4)	27.9 (5.6)	0.17
Married parents		33 (41%)	25 (40%)	8 (44%)	0.89
Public insurance (SES)		29 (36%)	18 (29%)	11 (61%)	0.046
Depression† (n=69)		13 (19%)	10 (18%)	3 (21%)	0.59
Parental Stress Index (n=71)
Parental confidence		4.34 (0.96)	4.35 (1.01)	4.29 (0.73)	0.62
Number of stressful life events		2.9 (1.8)	3.1 (1.8)	2.1 (1.5)	0.25
STAI‡(n=70)
State anxiety		37 (15)	37 (15)	37 (15)	0.83
Trait anxiety		33.6 (8.9)	33.7 (8.9)	33.1 (9.1)	0.86
CISS§(n=66)
Emotion-oriented coping		32 (11)	32 (10)	32 (13)	0.53
Avoidance-oriented coping		43 (12)	43 (13)	41 (9)	0.84

^*Linear regression investigating associations with Infant-Toddler Social Emotional Assessment Eating Subscale scores, using α<0.05;

^†Depression scores from Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale;

^‡Stress scores from State-Trait Anxiety Inventory;

^§Scores from Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations.