title: Mealtime dynamics in child feeding disorder: the role of child temperament, parental sense of competence, and paternal involvement.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined how child temperament, parental sense of competence, and paternal involvement predicted observed mealtime dynamics.
  
  
  METHODS
  97 families of children with feeding disorder (FD), sleep problems (SP), and typically developing (TD) children participated in the study. Data were collected during home visits, where mother-child and father-child mealtime dynamics were videotaped and parents completed questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More mother-child and father-child conflict and control was observed during mealtimes in the FD than SP and TD groups. Among the FD group, maternal sense of competence was negatively correlated with mother-child conflict and control, and child temperament was linked to father-child conflict and control, but only for families in which fathers were highly involved. These correlations were not significant among the SP and TD groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different patterns of results were seen for mothers and fathers and among the FD and control groups. Clinical implications for the treatment of FD are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, and Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
authors.forename: Inbal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aviram
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, and Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev nap@bgu.ac.il.
authors.forename: Naama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atzaba-Poria
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, and Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pike
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, and Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
authors.forename: Gal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meiri
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, and Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
authors.forename: Baruch
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yerushalmi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D013694:Temperament
keywords: children; eating and feeding disorders; fatherhood; parenting