title: Daily Associations of Stress and Eating in Mother-Child Dyads.
abstract: This study used Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) in mother-child dyads to examine the day-level associations of stress and eating.
  
  
  
  Mothers and their 8- to 12-year-old children ( N = 167 dyads) completed between three (weekday) and eight (weekend) EMA survey prompts per day at random nonschool times across 8 days. EMA measured perceived stress, and past 2-hour healthy (i.e., fruit and vegetables) and unhealthy (e.g., pastries/sweets, soda/energy drinks) eating.
  
  
  
  Children reported more healthy and unhealthy eating on days when their mothers also engaged in more healthy and unhealthy eating, respectively. On days when mothers' perceived stress was greater than usual, they reported more healthy eating.
  
  
  
  Eating behaviors were coupled between mothers and children at the day level. Mothers' stress was related to their own eating but not to children's eating.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Genevieve F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Dunton
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Eldin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dzubur
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jimi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Britni R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Belcher
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jaclyn P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Maher
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Sydney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Gayla
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Margolin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001628:Beverages; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014675:Vegetables
keywords: children; dyads; eating; ecological momentary assessment; mothers; stress