Maternal feeding style and child weight status among Hispanic families with low-income levels: a longitudinal study of the direction of effects

Table 4 Regression analysis predicting child BMI z-score at Time 3 from Time 1 variables (n = 119)

	Block 1	Block 2	Block 3	Block 4
Model Adjusted R² F (Model)	0.681 F(5,113) = 51.29***	0.673 F(8,110) = 31.30***	0.681 F(11,107) = 23.95***	0.704 F(14,104) = 21.09***
F (R² Change)		F(3,110) = 0.080	F(3,107) = 2.024	F(3,104) = 3.766*
Independent Variables (Time 1)	Std Beta	Std Beta	Std Beta	Std Beta
Child gender (ref group: male)	0.076	0.072	0.089	0.073
Child age in months	0.060	0.060	0.050	0.055
Child BMI z-score	0.818***	0.820***	0.813***	0.799***
Acculturation (English domain)	0.067	0.068	0.087	0.059
Born in U.S.	−0.027	−0.028	−0.020	−0.028
Food Responsiveness		−0.036	−0.051	−0.084
Emotional Overeating		0.021	0.025	0.073
Satiety Responsiveness		−0.007	−0.008	0.025
Monitoring			−0.126	−0.149**
Pressure to Eat			0.045	0.076
Restriction			0.000	0.071
Authoritarian^a				−0.071
Authoritative^a				0.098
Indulgent^a				0.145†

†p < .10; * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001; Std Beta = Standardized beta coefficient; ^aFor each feeding style variable, a dichotomous predictor was used with a “2” assigned to mothers who showed that feeding style and a “1” to those who did not

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