Table 2.
Pearson bivariate correlations between food parenting practices and child eating behaviors
| CEBQ - Child Eating Behaviors |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Parenting Practices | Food responsiveness Pearson’s r | Emotional Overeating Pearson’s r | Enjoyment of Food Pearson’s r | Satiety Responsiveness Pearson’s r |
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FPI scales
Encourage trying new foods |
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| Offer new foods | −.059 | .292* | .045 | −.008 |
| Encourage exploration | −.052 | .228+ | .071 | .115 |
| Urge to eat new foods | .126 | .365** | .070 | .159 |
| Repeated presentation | .030 | .278* | .081 | .105 |
| Mealtime Structure | ||||
| Family meals | .172 | .086 | .416** | −.114 |
| Regular timing of meals/snacks | .069 | −.165 | .355** | −.408** |
| Inconsistent mealtimes | −.070 | .156 | −.213 | .084 |
| Indifferent feeding | .095 | .269* | −.013 | .223+ |
| Child involved in food preparation | −.040 | −.043 | .345** | −.383** |
| External Control | ||||
| Pressure to eat | −.070 | .148 | −.360** | .314* |
| Restriction | .088 | .129 | −.074 | −.021 |
| Food as Reward | .120 | .298* | −.026 | .236+ |
| Responsive to child’s fullness cues | .028 | .278* | .209 | .002 |
| Monitoring | .026 | .027 | .399** | −.115 |
+
p < .10
*
p < .05
**
p < .01