The role of parents' romantic relationship warmth and hostility in child feeding practices and children's eating behaviours

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-274

  Haycraft, Emma ^a   Blissett, Jackie ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child feeding; Eating; Hostility; Parents; Romantic relationships; Warmth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EATING HABIT; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954151312     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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