Diet Quality and Satisfaction with Life, Family Life, and Food-Related Life across Families: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study with Mother-Father-Adolescent Triads

Abstract

Family is a major determinant of children’s and adolescents’ eating behavior. The objectives of the present study were to assess diet quality, eating habits, satisfaction with life, family life, and food-related life in mother–father–adolescent triads, and to identify profiles of families according to family members’ diet quality. Questionnaires were administered to a sample of 300 two-parent families with one child over the age of 10 in the city of Temuco (Chile), including the Adapted Healthy Eating Index (AHEI), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Satisfaction with Food-related Life (SWFoL) scale, Satisfaction with Family Life (SWFaL) scales, and questions relating to their eating habits. Positive relationships were found between the diet quality of the family members, particularly between mothers and adolescents. Three family profiles with different diet qualities were identified: “families with an unhealthy diet” (39.3%), “families in which mothers and adolescents have healthy diets, but the fathers’ diets require changes” (14.3%), and “families that require changes in their diet” (46.4%). These findings stress the key role of mothers in determining family diet quality and suggest a positive relationship between diet quality and satisfaction with life.

Predictors of breakfast skipping among 14 to 16 years old adolescents in Jordan: The influential role of mothers

“…The current literature highlights the important role mothers play in influencing their children's eating habits, either positively by providing healthy food and encouraging healthy eating habits or negatively by skipping meals, thereby setting a bad example (Draxten et al, ; Giovannini et al, ; Hebestreit et al, ; Pearson, Williams, Crawford, & Ball, ; Winkler et al, ). Our findings are consistent with earlier research that confirms this maternal influence over adolescent eating habits (Loth, MacLehose, Larson, Berge, & Neumark‐Sztainer, ; Schnettler et al, ). As revealed by our results, the interrelationships between the maternal and adolescent variables related to breakfast consumption further highlight the pivotal role of mothers.…”

“…Growing evidence emphasizes the value of parental involvement in shaping adolescent eating behaviors and attitudes (Brown & Ogden, ; Draxten, Fulkerson, Friend, Flattum, & Schow, ; Ferris, Babskie, & Metzger, ; Hebestreit et al, ; Watts, Loth, Berge, Larson, & Neumark‐Sztainer, ; Winkler, Moore, Bennett, Armstrong, & Brandon, ). While the literature indicates that both mothers and fathers influence their children's eating behaviors (Ferris et al, ; Robinson, Rollo, Watson, Burrows, & Collins, ), some authors believe mothers have the greater influence in determining the quality of nutrition and dietary habits of adolescents (Schnettler et al, ; Winkler et al, ). This could be explained by the findings of Hebestreit et al () that suggest that mothers are more likely to follow dietary guidelines.…”

Validez e invarianza factorial de una medida breve de Satisfacción con la Vida Familiar

“…La SWFLS, creada originalmente para usarse en padres e hijos adolescentes estadounidenses entre 11 y 15 años, se ha aplicado a personas entre 26 y 73 años de edad (Melton, Ellis, & Zabriskie, 2016) y en otros grupos de contextos culturales diferentes, tales como estudiantes universitarios chilenos (Schnettler et al, 2017a) y adolescentes chilenos entre 10 y 17 años (Schnettler et al, 2017b). Respecto a las evidencias psicométricas de validez y confiabilidad, Zabriskie y Ward (2013), a partir de datos recolectados de adolescentes de diferentes culturas, señalan que la SWFLS, a partir de un análisis de componentes principales con rotación Varimax, presenta una estructura factorial unidimensional consistente, con cargas factoriales que varían de 0.7 a 0.93 y valores del coeficiente alfa de Cronbach que van desde 0.79 hasta 0.94.…”

“…En el contexto latinoamericano, si bien el estudio de Schnettler et al (2017b) menciona que se analizaron sus propiedades psicométricas para cada submuestra de padres e hijos adolescentes entre 10 y 17 años, los índices de ajuste al modelo reportados son aquellos derivados de un análisis factorial confirmatorio de los datos de la muestra total integrada por ambos padres y el hijo adolescente, y no solo de los adolescentes. Lo que si reportan los autores (Schnettler et al, 2017b) para la submuestra de adolescentes es un coeficiente de confiabilidad compuesto de 0.92, AVE = 0.71 y cargas factoriales superiores a 0.58 y estadísticamente significativas.…”

Breakfast Skipping, Psychological Distress, and Involvement in Bullying: Is There a Connection?

“…Although victimization has been linked to a number of adversities, one area that has received inadequate research attention is dietary habits (Albaladejo-Blazquez et al 2018;Jackson 2017). It is well-documented that unhealthy dietary patterns are associated with poor overall well-being (Jarman et al 2015;Schnettler et al 2017;Utter et al 2018). Interestingly, only a few studies have explored quality of dietary behavior and its relationship to bullying, and they reported mixed results.…”