UNSPECIFIED. (2005) Maternal core beliefs and children's feeding problems. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS, 37 (2). pp. 127-134. ISSN 0276-3478

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Abstract

Background: Although maternal mental health problems have been implicated in the exacerbation of childhood feeding difficulties, little research has assessed the contribution of broader maternal cognitions to these problems. The current study examined gender differences in the relationships between mothers' core beliefs and children's feeding problems.

Methods: One hundred and three mothers of girls and 93 mothers of boys (age range, 7-64 months) completed the Young Schema Questionnaire and the Child Feeding Assessment Questionnaire.

Results: While controlling for child age, a clear link between maternal core beliefs and perceived feeding difficulties emerged for mothers of girls. in particular, abandonment, failure to achieve, dependence and incompetence, enmeshment and defectiveness, and shame beliefs were associated with increased reports of feeding problems in girls. in contrast, emotional deprivation and subjugation beliefs were associated with maternal reports of food fussiness and food refusal in boys.

Conclusions: There appears to be a clear role for maternal core beliefs in the reporting of feeding difficulties in children, and the specificity of these links differs depending on the gender of the child. Further research is required to establish the direction of causality and the specificity of these relationships. (C) 2005 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Journal or Publication Title:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
Publisher:	JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
ISSN:	0276-3478
Official Date:	March 2005
Volume:	37
Number:	2
Number of Pages:	8
Page Range:	pp. 127-134
Identification Number:	10.1002/eat.20070
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/7307

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