Influences of Child Temperament and Household Chaos on Preschoolers' Emotional Eating

Ju, Sehyun; Iwinski, Samantha; Fiese, Barbara H.; McBride, Brent A.; Bost, Kelly K.

doi:10.1089/chi.2021.0237

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“…Accordingly, past studies have shown that EOE is a learned response to approach food with underlying motivations to regulate emotions (Herle et al, 2018). Empirical studies have identified individual, relational, and environmental factors that are closely linked to a child's regulation of eating under distress, with caregiver feeding practices being one of the most salient contributing factors (Blissett et al, 2010;Steinsbekk et al, 2018;Ju et al, 2022a). However, the exact mechanism of how this eating behavior develops is unknown, which demands further investigation of the influences of early precursors of EOE in preschool children.…”

Section: Emotion and Eatingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This eating behavior often incorporates the consumption of energy-dense foods that are high in fat, calories, and sugar, which increases the risk of obesity (Steinsbekk et al, 2016;Messerli-Bürgy et al, 2018;Favieri et al, 2021). As pediatric obesity is one of the major global health concerns, there has been growing interest in identifying early precursors of obesogenic eating behaviors, including EOE (Haycraft et al, 2011;Topham et al, 2011;Ju et al, 2022a;Stone et al, 2022). Research suggests that EOE is particularly susceptible to the influence of relational and environmental factors beyond genetics (Blissett et al, 2010;Steinsbekk et al, 2016;Ju et al, 2022a;Stone et al, 2022), as well as to child characteristics involving reactivity and regulation (Rothbart and Derryberry, 1981).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As pediatric obesity is one of the major global health concerns, there has been growing interest in identifying early precursors of obesogenic eating behaviors, including EOE (Haycraft et al, 2011;Topham et al, 2011;Ju et al, 2022a;Stone et al, 2022). Research suggests that EOE is particularly susceptible to the influence of relational and environmental factors beyond genetics (Blissett et al, 2010;Steinsbekk et al, 2016;Ju et al, 2022a;Stone et al, 2022), as well as to child characteristics involving reactivity and regulation (Rothbart and Derryberry, 1981). In EOE, the emotions prompting regulation through overeating are typically negatively valenced, encompassing a range of sensations, such as sadness, anger, fear, and disappointment.…”

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Temperament and emotional overeating: the mediating role of caregiver response to children’s negative emotions

Ju,

Iwinski,

Bost

2024

Front. Psychol.

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of caregiver responses to a child’s negative emotions on the associations between infant temperament and emotional overeating in preschool children.MethodA sample of 358 children and their caregivers enrolled in the STRONG Kids 2 (SK2) birth cohort study (N = 468) provided data for this analysis. Caregivers completed questionnaires assessing child temperament at 3 months, caregiver response to negative emotions at 18 months, and child emotional overeating at 36 months. Structural Equation Modeling was conducted using the lavaan package in RStudio to test hypothesized models examining whether the relations between early temperament and subsequent emotional eating were mediated by caregiver responses to a child’s emotions.ResultsFindings revealed that infant temperamental orienting/regulation predicted the later development of emotional overeating through supportive caregiver responses to a child’s negative emotions. Lower levels of orienting/regulation were associated with greater emotional overeating, explained by less supportive caregiver responses to the child’s emotions. Moreover, infant surgency had a positive direct influence on emotional overeating at 36 months. Both supportive and non-supportive caregiver responses to a child’s negative emotions had significant direct influences on emotional overeating.ConclusionThe results highlight the importance of caregiver response to a child’s negative emotions as a mediator between infant temperament and emotional overeating in preschool children. Intervention strategies can be implemented to support caregivers in adopting supportive responses to their child’s negative emotions to promote healthy eating behaviors from early childhood. Future studies are needed to explore these pathways of influences throughout child development.

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Temperament and emotional overeating: the mediating role of caregiver response to children’s negative emotions

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Iwinski,

Bost

2024

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“…The spoiling effect of grandparents' indulgence on left-behind children produced negative effects on the children's BMI through an increase in unhealthy food consumption (47). Recent literature finds that childhood obesity also depends on emotional eating and family stability (48,49). Few studies focus on school-age children and adolescents and identify the link between intergenerational factors and childhood obesity (51).…”

Section: Childhood Obesity and Family-based Interventionmentioning

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Grandchild care, inadequate medical insurance protection, and inequalities in socioeconomic factors exacerbate childhood obesity in China

Yang

Shen

Deng

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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This study examines the influences of grandchild care and medical insurance on childhood obesity. Nationally representative longitudinal data—from the China Family Panel Studies 2010–2020—of 26,902 school-age children and adolescents aged 6–16 years and China's new reference standard (“WS/T586-2018”) are used to identify a child's obesity status. Using binary mixed-effects logistic regression models and the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition method, this study explores the roots of obesity inequalities and finds that at least 15% of Chinese children aged 6–16 were obese in the 2010s. The logistic regression analysis results indicate that grandchild care, public medical insurance, and commercial medical insurance are key risk factors of child obesity. However, the influences are heterogeneous in different groups: Grandchild care and public medical insurance increase urban–rural obesity inequalities because of a distribution effect, and grandchild care may also exacerbate children obesity inequalities between left-behind and non-left-behind children owing to the event shock of parental absence. Inequalities in socioeconomic status (SES) factors such as income, education, and region also cause obesity inequalities. These results indicate that child obesity and its inequalities are rooted in multidimensional environmental inequalities, including medical protection policies and its benefit incidence; intergenerational behavior and family SES factors; and urban–rural and left-behind risk shocks. This study provides new evidence for the development of population-based interventions and equitable medical insurance policies to prevent the deterioration of child obesity among Chinese school-age children and adolescents.

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“…[ 9 ] Jaruseviciute et al have reported that temperament is the basis of personality development, which can directly affect the individual’s psychological activities and behaviors, and interact with their physical diseases. [ 10 ] Ju et al [ 11 , 12 ] have reported that the mutual influence of children’s temperament and physical diseases can be divided into 2 categories. On the one hand, it affects the problems and conditions that occur in the process of children’s growth, and on the other hand, it affects children’s processing and results of certain events.…”

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Correlation of temperament characteristics and early functional exercise compliance in school-age children with limb fractures: Implication for clinical nursing care

Chen²,

Gu³

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Early functional exercise plays a very important role in the rehabilitation and nursing care of children with fractures. We aimed to evaluate the role of temperament characteristics in the early functional exercise compliance in school-age children with limb fractures, to provide evidence to clinical nursing care. School-age children with limb fractures admitted to our hospital from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 were selected. We collected the general information, evaluated the temperament characteristics and their functional exercise compliance in school-age children. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted to assess the correlation of temperament characteristics and early functional exercise compliance. A total of 126 school-age children with limb fractures were finally included. There were 68, 36, and 22 children that were rated as easy-going, troublesome and initiate slow temperament, respectively. The children with easy-going temperament had the best early functional exercise compliance, followed by children with initiate slow temperament, and compliance of children with troublesome temperament was the worst. The reaction intensity factor in the temperament characteristics of school-age children with fracture was negatively correlated with early functional exercise compliance ( P = .007). Reaction intensity was a risk factor for early functional exercise compliance in school-age children with fractures ( P = .004). Health care providers must consider the influence of temperament characteristics on compliance in school-age children with fractures, and take targeted nursing measures according to different temperament characteristics of children to improve early functional exercise compliance in school-age children with fractures, so as to improve the functional recovery and prognosis of children.

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Influences of Child Temperament and Household Chaos on Preschoolers' Emotional Eating

Cited by 6 publications

References 42 publications

Temperament and emotional overeating: the mediating role of caregiver response to children’s negative emotions

Temperament and emotional overeating: the mediating role of caregiver response to children’s negative emotions

Grandchild care, inadequate medical insurance protection, and inequalities in socioeconomic factors exacerbate childhood obesity in China

Correlation of temperament characteristics and early functional exercise compliance in school-age children with limb fractures: Implication for clinical nursing care

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