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Emma Haycraft
Emma
Haycraft
Claire V. Farrow
Claire V.
Farrow
Caroline Meyer
Caroline
Meyer
Faye Powell
Faye
Powell
Jacqueline Blissett
Jacqueline
Blissett
Relationships between temperament and eating behaviours in young children
Loughborough University
2012
Emotionality
Activity
Sociability
Shyness
Temperament
Eating behaviour
Children
Feeding problems
Fussy eating
Overweight
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
2012-12-13 13:39:35
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Relationships_between_temperament_and_eating_behaviours_in_young_children/9621425
This study examined the associations between eating behaviours and temperament in a sample of young children. Mothers (N = 241) of children aged 3–8 years completed measures of their children's eating behaviours and temperament and reported their child's height and weight. Children with more emotional temperaments were reported to display more food avoidant eating behaviours. Shyness, sociability and activity were not related to children's eating behaviours. Higher child BMI was related to more food approach eating behaviours but BMI was unrelated to child temperament. Future research should explore more specifically how emotional temperaments might influence child eating behaviour.