Parental feeding practices in Mexican American families: initial test of an expanded measure

Table 3 Correlations, means, and standard deviations of second-order feeding practices scales (mothers below the diagonal; fathers above the diagonal; correlations between mothers and fathers on the diagonal)

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Correlations
(1) Positive involvement in child eating	.23*	.32*	.07	.37*
(2) Pressure to eat	.28*	.46*	.49*	−.04
(3) Use of food to control behavior	.05	.48*	.19*	−.03
(4) Restriction of amount of food	.23*	−.02	−.10	.45*
Means (SD)
Mothers	3.58^a (.62)	2.38^b (.85)	1.50^c (.47)	2.77 (.59)
Fathers	3.37^a (.73)	2.55^b (.86)	1.60^c (.50)	2.76 (.57)

^*p < .01.
^{a, b, c} Means sharing a common superscript are significantly different, p < .05.

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