2134/11190 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.