title: Parenting and independent problem-solving in preschool children with food allergy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine autonomy-promoting parenting and independent problem-solving in children with food allergy.
  
  
  METHODS
  66 children with food allergy, aged 3-6 years, and 67 age-matched healthy peers and their mothers were videotaped while completing easy and difficult puzzles. Coders recorded time to puzzle completion, children's direct and indirect requests for help, and maternal help-giving behaviors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with healthy peers, younger (3- to 4-year-old) children with food allergy made more indirect requests for help during the easy puzzle, and their mothers were more likely to provide unnecessary help (i.e., explain where to place a puzzle piece). Differences were not found for older children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that highly involved parenting practices that are medically necessary to manage food allergy may spill over into settings where high levels of involvement are not needed, and that young children with food allergy may be at increased risk for difficulties in autonomy development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Human Development, Washington State University, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine dahlquis@umbc.edu.
authors.forename: Lynnda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Dahlquist
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Human Development, Washington State University, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Power
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Human Development, Washington State University, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Human Development, Washington State University, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jessica L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hoehn
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Human Development, Washington State University, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Caitlin C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Human Development, Washington State University, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Linda J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Human Development, Washington State University, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Emily F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Law
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Human Development, Washington State University, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Mary Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bollinger
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology; D011340:Problem Solving; D012016:Reference Values; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D014743:Videotape Recording
keywords: developmental perspectives; parenting; psychosocial functioning