Associations Between Sleep Health and Child Behavior at Age 6 Years in the INSIGHT Study.

Objective: Suboptimal sleep is associated with disruptive behaviors in childhood. We evaluate associations of mean and variability (SD) of sleep duration, quality, and timing with emotion regulation, impulsivity, and prosocial and antisocial behavior in children.

Methods: Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories, a randomized controlled trial designed for obesity prevention, compared a responsive parenting intervention delivered in the first 2.

Examining child schooling/care location and child temperament as predictors of restaurant-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a nationally representative survey.

Purpose: Emerging research highlights impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. families, including changes in eating behavior and increased child body mass index.

Food parenting at-home vs. in restaurants among African American parents of 3-to-8-year-old children.

Feeding style refers to the approach that parents use to feed their child and the emotional climate during eating. Indulgent styles, characterized by low structure and high responsiveness, have been linked to childhood weight gain. Few studies have examined feeding styles within out-of-home contexts (e.

Examining links between child temperament and feeding, eating, and weight outcomes: An updated systematic review of the literature.

Background: Weight outcomes have been associated with child temperament, defined as individual differences in reactivity and self-regulation. The current systematic review aims to provide an updated summary of the evidence linking temperamental negative reactivity, surgency, and regulation superfactors to early childhood feeding, eating, and weight outcomes.

Methods: PubMed, PsycINFO and Embase databases, as well as scientific meeting programs, were searched using keywords and subject headings.

Effect of the INSIGHT Responsive Parenting Intervention on Parenting and Child Behavior at Ages 3 and 6 Years.

Objectives: To examine effects of the INSIGHT study responsive parenting (RP) intervention on reported and observed general parenting and child behavior during early and middle childhood.

Study Design: Primiparous mother-newborn dyads (n = 279) were randomized to RP intervention or a safety control, with intervention content delivered at research nurse home visits at infant ages 3-4, 16, 28, and 40 weeks and research center visits at 1 and 2 years. At age 3 (n = 220) and 6 years (n = 171) parenting and child behavior were observed during dyadic interactions and coded using the Iowa Family Interaction Rating Scales.

Differences in food parenting at home versus restaurants among parents of 3-to-8-year-old children.

Indulgent parent feeding styles have been linked to less healthful eating behaviors and higher BMI among children. Restaurants are becoming a frequent eating environment for children. Frequent intake of food from restaurants has been associated with increased weight status, making restaurants a target for childhood obesity prevention efforts.

Enhancing Implementation of Measurement-Based Mental Health Care in Primary Care: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Objective: The complex practice of measurement-based care (MBC) for mental health conditions has proven challenging to implement. This study aimed to evaluate an intensive strategy to implement MBC in U.S.

Qualitative exploration of factors influencing women veterans' disordered eating symptoms and treatment preferences in VHA primary care.

Introduction: Disordered eating symptoms (DES) are common among women veterans. While integrated primary care (IPC) may be an important venue to treat DES, little is known on patients' treatment preferences. The purpose of this study was to gather patient feedback on factors that may influence women veterans' DES and preferences for IPC services.

Taste Ratings of Healthier Main and Side Dishes among 4-to-8-Year-Old Children in a Quick-Service Restaurant Chain.

Restaurants are regular eating environments for many families. Children's consumption of restaurant foods has been linked with poorer diet quality, prompting emerging research examining strategies to encourage healthier eating among children in restaurants. Although taste is a primary determinant of restaurant meal choices, there is a lack of research considering children's perspectives on the taste of different healthier kids' meal options.

Food Acquisition and Daily Life for U.S. Families with 4-to 8-Year-Old Children during COVID-19: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey.

Evidence of short-term impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on family life is emerging. Continued research can shed light on potential longer-term impacts. An online survey of U.

Evaluating a Board Game Designed to Promote Young Children's Delay of Gratification.

Objective: Delay of gratification, or the extent to which one can resist the temptation of an immediate reward and wait for a larger reward later, is a self-regulatory skill that predicts positive outcomes. The aim of this research was to conduct initial tests of the effects of a board game designed to increase children's delay of gratification via two experimental studies.

Methods: Preschool children were randomized to play the study game or a control game.

Examining associative conditioning with a positive peer context as a strategy to increase children's vegetable acceptance.

Background: Children's vegetable acceptance increases following repeated exposure and associative conditioning pairing a target vegetable with a well-liked food. Yet traditional pairings may increase energy intake when well-liked foods are calorie-rich.

Objectives: To examine whether pairing a non-food stimulus with target vegetables increases children's vegetable acceptance and whether effects exceed those of repeated exposure.

Development of a measure of the relative reinforcing value of food versus parent-child interaction for young children.

The relative reinforcing value (RRV) of food captures individual differences in the motivation to eat and is associated with weight status among infants, children, and adults. Currently, there is no concurrent measure of the RRV of food versus a non-food alternative for 4-to-5-year-old children. The present study aimed to develop and validate a measure of the RRV of food versus time spent interacting with a parent in the context of reading among 4-to-5-year-old children.

Quality and Correlates of Peer Relationships in Youths with Chronic Pain.

Youths with chronic pain may experience difficulties with peer relationships. We investigated the quality and correlates of peer relationships in a sample of 181 youths with chronic pain. A majority of youths were satisfied with their relationships with peers; however, levels were highly variable.

Effects of a randomized intervention promoting healthy children's meals on children's ordering and dietary intake in a quick-service restaurant.

Background: Children's consumption of restaurant foods is associated with higher energy intake and lower nutritional quality compared to foods prepared at home. The aim of this pilot study was to test whether an in-restaurant intervention promoting healthy children's meals (i.e.