Emotional climate, feeding practices, and feeding styles: an observational analysis of the dinner meal in Head Start families

Table 4 Feeding Style Differences on Observed Behavioral Feeding Practices (Natural Log Transformed)

	Authoritative	Authoritarian	Indulgent	Uninvolved	F(3,131)	p<
Situational Management
Helps	.26	.39	.34	.23	.94	ns
Spoon Feeds/Physically Intervenes	.81_ab	1.22_a	.65_b	.67_ab	3.81	.05
Verbal Directives
Verbal Prompts to Eat	2.93_ab	3.12_a	2.76_b	2.81_b	2.18	.10
Eat Small Amount	.17_b	.61_a	.38_b	.33_b	3.94	.01
Hurries	.18_b	.58_a	.23_b	.29_b	3.12	.05
Reasons	.25_ab	.44_a	.19_b	.26_ab	2.51	.07
Comparison	.16	.25	.16	.25	.38	ns
Scold/Praise
Praises/Approves	.39	.38	.16	.22	2.04	ns
Disapproves/Scolds	.58_b	1.07_a	.49_b	.73_b	5.84	.001
Positive Comments Food	.30_ab	.43_a	.28_ab	.15_b	2.53	.06

Note: Estimated marginal means were calculated for the feeding practices at the mean meal length (17.5 minutes). Means with different subscripts were significantly different from one another (p < .05)

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