Table 1.
Sample demographics and baseline assessments
| Condition 1: Anger/gain (N = 49) |
Condition 2: Anger/loss (N = 50) |
Condition 3: Fear/gain (N = 45) |
Condition 4: Fear/loss (N = 46) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Parent gender | ||||
| Male | 15 (30.6) | 18 (36) | 15 (33) | 16 (34.8) |
| Female | 34 (69.4) | 32 (64) | 30 (67) | 30 (65.2) |
| Index child gender | ||||
| Male | 31 (63.3) | 29 (58) | 20 (44.4) | 24 (52.2) |
| Female | 18 (36.7) | 21 (42) | 25 (55.6) | 22 (47.8) |
| Education level | ||||
| High school/some college | 7 (14.3) | 14 (28) | 10 (22.2) | 8 (17.4) |
| College graduate | 18 (36.7) | 12 (24) | 10 (22.2) | 13 (28.3) |
| Post graduate | 24 (49) | 24 (48) | 25 (55.6) | 25 (54.3) |
| Employment | ||||
| Employed full/part-time | 40 (81.6) | 38 (76) | 39 (86.7) | 40 (87) |
| Not employed | 9 (18.4) | 12 (24) | 6 (13.3) | 6 (13) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| African American | 10 (20.4) | 16 (32.7) | 9 (20) | 14 (30.4) |
| Asian | 1 (2) | 10 (20.4) | 6 (13.3) | 5 (10.9) |
| Latino | 7 (14.3) | 3 (6.1) | 4 (8.9) | 4 (8.7) |
| White | 24 (49) | 17 (34.7) | 25 (55.6) | 22 (47.8) |
| Other | 2 (4) | 3 (6.1) | 1 (2.2) | 1 (2.2) |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Parent age | 38.24 (6.37) | 37.46 (5.92) | 38.44 (5.47) | 36.67 (5.04) |
| Index child age | 5.51 (1.16) | 5.32 (1.15) | 5.47 (1.18) | 5.26 (1.12) |
| Parent BMI | 25.32 (4.64) | 29.14 (9.05) | 28.85 (7.63) | 27.55 (8.87) |
| Index child BMI | 19.19 (8.94) | 16.84 (3.64) | 17.91 (5.37) | 17.34 (5.94) |
| Feeding responsibility (range 1–5) | 3.95 (0.80) | 4.03 (0.84) | 4.10 (0.68) | 3.89 (0.79) |
| Intention to improve child’s fruit and vegetable intake (baseline; range 1–7) | 4.62 (1.28) | 4.80 (1.45) | 4.84 (1.36) | 4.62 (1.43) |