Associations between infant temperament and early feeding practices. A cross-sectional study of Australian mother-infant dyads from the NOURISH randomised controlled trial
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McMeekin, Sascha, Jansen, Elena, Mallan, Kimberley, Nicholson, Jan, Magarey, Anthea and Daniels, Lynne. (2013). Associations between infant temperament and early feeding practices. A cross-sectional study of Australian mother-infant dyads from the NOURISH randomised controlled trial. Appetite. 60(1), pp. 239 - 245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2012.10.005
Authors | McMeekin, Sascha, Jansen, Elena, Mallan, Kimberley, Nicholson, Jan, Magarey, Anthea and Daniels, Lynne |
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Abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between temperament in Australian infants aged 2–7 months and feeding practices of their first-time mothers (n = 698). Associations between feeding practices and beliefs (Infant Feeding Questionnaire) and infant temperament (easy-difficult continuous scale from the Short Temperament Scale for Infants) were tested using linear and binary logistic regression models adjusted for a comprehensive range of covariates. Mothers of infants with a more difficult temperament reported a lower awareness of infant cues, were more likely to use food to calm and reported high concern about overweight and underweight. The covariate maternal depression score largely mirrored these associations. Infant temperament may be an important variable to consider in future research on the prevention of childhood obesity. In practice, mothers of temperamentally difficult infants may need targeted feeding advice to minimise the adoption of undesirable feeding practices. |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | Appetite |
Journal citation | 60 (1), pp. 239 - 245 |
ISSN | 0195-6663 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2012.10.005 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84868676482 |
Page range | 239 - 245 |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Grant ID | nhmrc/426704 |
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