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Published in final edited form as: Res Dev Disabil. 2020 May 15;103:103676. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103676

Table 2:

CARS Relationships to Observed Mealtime Behaviors

	CARS Total Score
Eating Behaviors
Bites (B)	r_s = .09
Target Bites (TB)	r_s = −.34⁺
Sips (S)	r_s = −.19
Spit-ups (Sp)	r_s = .01
Feed (F)	r_s = .51^**
Plate Away (NP)	r_s = .05
Child Behaviors
Child Talk (CT)	r_s = −.27^*
Crying (Cr)	r_s = .05
Food Refusals/Complaints about Food (R)	r_s = −.11
Play (P)	r_s = .02
Away (A)	r_s = −.35⁺
Requests for Food (Q)	r_s = −.42^**
Parent Behaviors
Alpha Commands (C)	r_s = −.10
Alpha Commands Followed by Compliance (C+)	r_s = − .26^*
Alpha Commands Followed by Non-Compliance (C−)	r_s = −.12
Beta Commands (C/)	r_s = .25^*
Coaxing (CX)	r_s = −.18
Reinforcement (RN)	r_s = −.04
Parent Talk (PT)	r_s = −.18
Physical Prompt (XP)	r_s = .14

p < .05

⁺

p < .01

^**

p < .001