Table 3.

Correlations among infant feeding behaviors and mother characteristics

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Infant Feeding Behaviors a
1. Amount consumed b
2. Meal duration b	0.67**
3. Number of behaviors b,c	0.25	0.20
4. Number of behavior types b,c	0.17	0.08	0.84**
5. Consistency score d	−0.11	−0.11	−0.33*	−0.47**
Mother Characteristics
6. Age	−0.32*	−0.31*	0.23	0.18	−0.17
7. Responsive feeding score e	0.04	0.02	−0.05	−0.17	0.31*	0.11
8. Pressuring feeding score e	0.15	0.28	0.08	−0.04	−0.03	−0.35*	0.14

^*p<.05;

^**p<.01

^aAll analyses involving infant feeding behaviors were adjusted for time since last feeding.

^bAveraged across both testing days.

^cDuring the second half of the feeding.

^dConsistency score was calculated by first determining for each individual behavior whether the infant was consistent (i.e., either did or did not exhibit the behavior on both test days) or inconsistent (i.e., exhibited the behavior on only one of the two test days). We then calculated a consistency score for each infant by summing the number of consistent behaviors, ranging from 0 (no consistency for any behavior) to 11 (complete consistency for all behaviors).

^eFrom the responsive and pressuring feeding style subscales of the Infant Feeding Styles Questionnaire¹⁹