Child disinhibition, parent restriction, and child body mass index in low-income preschool families.

Objective: To examine both unique and interactive effects of parent restrictive feeding and child disinhibited eating behavior on child body mass index (BMI) in low-income Latino and African American preschoolers.

Methods: The sample included 229 parent-child pairs, the majority of whom were low-income and Latino (57%) or African American (25%). Parents completed self-report measures, and researchers collected anthropometric data.

The role of family variables in fruit and vegetable consumption in pre-school children.

Abstract: Most Americans, including children, continue to eat fewer fruit and vegetables than is recommended, putting themselves at increased risk of various health conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative importance of several family environment variables (food availability and accessibility, modelling of food consumption, parenting style, and family mealtime environment) in predicting children's consumption of fruit and vegetables in a sample of pre-school children from low income, predominantly ethnic minority families. Two hundred and twenty-nine primary caregivers and their pre-school children were recruited from Head Start programmes in New York and New Jersey.

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire in a low-income sample.

Although pediatric obesity is prevalent in low-income and African American and Hispanic communities, validated measures of child eating habits are lacking for these communities. In this study, confirmatory factor analysis was used to validate the hypothesized 7-factor structure of the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ). The sample included 229 parent-child pairs, the majority low-income and Hispanic (57%) or African American (25%).

An instrument for assessing coping with temptation: psychometric properties of the alcohol abuse coping response inventory.

In the current study, we examined psychometric properties of The Alcohol Abuse Coping Response Inventory (AACRI), a modification of the Coping with Temptation Inventory for recovering alcoholics. It demonstrated good internal reliability. Three internally consistent factors were identified, one behavioral factor, and two cognitive factors.