The correlation of Chinese mothers' eating attitudes and psychological characteristics with their children's eating attitudes, as well as the gender effect on eating attitudes of children

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-156

  Zhong, W F ^a   Tao, Zhuoli ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Children; China; Eating attitudes; Mother; Psychological characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CHINESE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT SAMPLE TEST; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 56449114252     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03327616     Document Type: Article

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