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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and bivariate relations between all study variables

From: Prospective relations between maternal emotional eating, feeding to soothe, and infant appetitive behaviors

 

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M

SD

n

1.

Maternal BMI

27.19

6.94

458

2.

Maternal Age

−.03

30.5

4.7

458

3.

Maternal Education a

−.35**

.36**

0.72

0.45

367

4.

Maternal Ethnicity b

−.29**

.22**

.32**

0.67

0.47

381

5.

Exclusive Breastfeeding c

−.25**

.07

.26**

.19**

0.40

0.49

311

Maternal Eating Behaviors

 6.

Total Eating Competence

−.22**

−.03

.11

.06

.11

33.11

7.50

301

 7.

Restrained Eating

−.00

.22**

.29**

.11

.07

−.08

2.46

0.68

312

 8.

Emotional Eating

−.00

.16**

.25**

.17**

.03

−.13*

.25**

2.09

0.78

312

 9.

External Eating

−.16**

.09

.18**

.06

.08

−.00

.15**

.55**

2.85

0.54

312

Maternal Feeding to Soothe

 10.

2-Month

.01

.04

.01

.06

−.07

.00

.15*

.07

.18**

2.53

0.93

234

 11.

6-Month

.01

−.05

.05

.07

−.03

−.01

.07

.17*

.20**

.55**

2.29

0.82

228

 12.

12-Month

.09

−.09

−.11

−.17**

−.06

−.07

.06

.15*

.20**

.45**

.59**

2.35

0.72

276

Infant Appetitive Behaviors

 13.

Enjoyment of Food

.10

−.12

−.11

−.13*

.09

.21**

−.15*

−.13

−.09

−.02

−.01

−.06

4.49

0.47

229

 14.

Slowness in Eating

−.04

.03

.14*

.08

−.05

.07

.06

.06

.02

.07

.03

−.04

−.33**

2.40

0.62

229

 15.

Satiety Responsiveness

.04

.02

−.02

−.05

−.12

−.09

.07

.01

.10

.08

.14*

.22**

−.26**

.16*

2.24

0.59

229

 16.

Responsiveness to Food

.11

−.03

−.00

−.10

−.20**

−.15*

.07

.11

.14*

.17*

.25**

.25**

−.04

.16*

.04

2.23

0.65

229

  1. a 0 = no four-year degree, 1 = earned a four-year degree. b 0 = ethnic minority, 1 = white non-Hispanic. c 0 = did not exclusively breastfeed, 1 = did exclusively breastfeed
  2. * p < .05, ** p < .01