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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2019 Feb 28;33(4):465–475. doi: 10.1037/fam0000519

Table 2.

Associations between mealtime routines/rituals, maternal feeding responsiveness, and family mealtime distractions using Spearman’s correlation coefficients with pairwise deletion

Maternal distractions (n = 109)
 Paternal distractions (n = 74)
 Child distractions (n = 109)
 Obs
maternal
FR
Total Food Tech LT NT Total Food Tech LT NT Total Tech LT NT
Mealtime ritual/ routines
(12M)		 r −.17 −.13 .05 −.09 .15 −.07 .27* −.27* −.13 .09 −.17 −.21* −.16 −.06 −.01
N 105 105 105 105 105 71 71 71 71 71 105 105 105 105 105
Mealtime ritual/ routines
(24M)		 r −.21* −.14 −.03 −.17 .04 −.23 .02 −.26* −.14 −.02 −.13 −.15 −.14 −.07 .22*
N 90 90 90 90 90 65 65 65 65 65 90 90 90 90 90
Obs maternal FR r −.16 −.01 −.07 −.14 −.28* −.37* −.09 −.20 −.23* −.17 −.38* −.34* −.16 −.18 −
N 109 109 109 109 109 74 74 74 74 74 109 109 109 109 −

Note. Obs maternal FR = Observed maternal Feeding Responsiveness; Tech = technology-related distractions; LT = Leave taking distractions; NT = non-technology object related distractions; 12M = 12 months; 24M = 24 months.