Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2015 Nov 14;96:617–620. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.11.006

Table 1.

* Sample Characteristics

Variable Total n=69

Index Child's Age, M (SD) 5.35 (0.80)

Index Child's Sex, n (%)
    Male 36.0 (52.2)
    Female 33.0 (47.8)

Index Child's Race/Ethnicity, n (%)
    Non Hispanic white 41.0 (59.4)
    Hispanic or not white 28.0 (40.6)

Maternal Education, n (%)
    ≤ High School Education 30.0 (43.5)
    > High School Education 39.0 (56.5)

Sibling's Age, M (SD) 6.38 (3.44)

Sibling's Sex, n (%)
    Male 34.0 (49.3)
    Female 35.0 (50.7)

Total encouragements delivered by sibling to index child, M(SD) 2.86 (4.01)

Maternal Feeding Behaviors, M(SD)
    Pressure to Eat 2.67 (1.12)
    Restriction 3.30 (0.97)
    Monitoring 4.06 (1.05)
    Verbal Direction 2.75 (0.85)
    Coercion 2.07 (0.81)
*

Table shows means (M) and standard deviations (SD) or counts (n) and percentages (%).

HHS Vulnerability Disclosure