The relationship of parenting style and eating behavior in preschool children

BMC Psychology

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of factors from the Children Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) and the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ)

Factors	N	M (SD)	Omega coefficient
Parenting styles
*Positive parenting*
Parental involvement, 4 items	511	4.2 (0.53)	.49
Positive parenting, 6 items	510	4.5 (0.38)	.76
Responsible parenting, 6 items	511	3.8 (0.53)	.68
*Negative parenting*
Powerful implementation, 5 items	508	3.5 (0.61)	.72
Inconsistent parenting, 5 items	511	2.5 (0.54)	.69
Corporal punishment, 4 items	509	1.6 (0.55)	.59
Low monitoring, 5 items	510	1.3 (0.38)	.61
Eating behaviors
Food responsiveness, 4 items	509	2.0 (0.75)	.83
Emotional overeating, 4 items	504	1.5 (0.55)	.77
Enjoyment of food, 5 items	509	3.5 (0.47)	.86
Satiety responsiveness, 4 items	511	2.9 (0.65)	.66
Slowness in eating, 4 items	509	2.9 (0.74)	.76
Emotional undereating, 3 items	507	3.0 (0.87)	.78
Food fussiness, 6 items	509	2.9 (0.79)	.90

Behaviors are rated on a five -point Likert scale. These are the factors retained for our 7-factors structure model of CEBQ and the 5 retained factors for APQ

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