Parenting style, parental feeding practices and children’s nutritional status in authoritative parenting style model : a structural equation modeling
Joint Authors
Morowatisharifabad, Mohammad Ali
Abargouei, Amin Salihi
Khankolabi, Mahdi
Khosravi, Hassan Muzaffari
Fallahzade, Husayn
Gerami, Muammad Hassan
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 3 (31 Mar. 2017), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-03-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has posed some challenges in many countries.
There is a relationship between parenting styles, parental feeding practices, and children’s nutritional status.
Objectives : This study aimed to apply Authoritative Parenting style Model in children’s nutritional status.
Methods : This research was a cross-sectional study conducted on 1000 parents selected by random cluster sampling.
Parents who had primary school children aged 7 - 8 years in Bojnord, Iran, completed questionnaires related to the constructs of the model in 2016.
Structural Equation Model Model (SEM) analysis was used to test the fit of the model.
CMIN/DF, GFI, IFI, CFI, PGFI, PNFI, and RMSEA indices were employed to check the goodness-of-fit.
Results : Correctly completed questionnaires were collected from 294 dyads of parents.
The mean age was 36.26 years (SD =_5.38) in fathers and 32.96 years (SD =_4.88) in mothers.
232 mothers (80.5 %) were housewives and only 99 of them (34.4%) had university education.
Most fathers were employee (115, 40%) or self-employed (111, 38.5%) and 120 of them (41.7%) had university education.
The values of goodness-of-fit were obtained for CMIN/DF = 4.6, GFI = 0.91, CFI = 0.93, IFI = 0.92, PGFI = 0.68, PNFI = 0.77, and RMSEA = 0.07.
Nutritionalknowledgeandattitude directly affected authoritative parenting style (_ =0.21, P< 0.001)andparental feeding practices (_ = 0.33, P < 0.001) and indirectly affected children’s nutritional status (_ = - 0.01).
The authoritative parenting style construct had a direct effect on feeding practices of parents (_ = 0.54, P < 0.001) and an indirect effect on children’s nutritional status (_ = - 0.01).
The feeding practices of parents construct also affected the children’s nutritional status directly (_ = - 0.02, P < 0.05).
Conclusions : This study indicated that the use of this model in the children’s nutritional status can result in positive outcomes, and this model can make interventions more effective in this regard.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Morowatisharifabad, Mohammad Ali& Khankolabi, Mahdi& Khosravi, Hassan Muzaffari& Fallahzade, Husayn& Gerami, Muammad Hassan& Abargouei, Amin Salihi. 2017. Parenting style, parental feeding practices and children’s nutritional status in authoritative parenting style model : a structural equation modeling. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 19, no. 3, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Morowatisharifabad, Mohammad Ali…[et al.]. Parenting style, parental feeding practices and children’s nutritional status in authoritative parenting style model : a structural equation modeling. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 19, no. 3 (Mar. 2017), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Morowatisharifabad, Mohammad Ali& Khankolabi, Mahdi& Khosravi, Hassan Muzaffari& Fallahzade, Husayn& Gerami, Muammad Hassan& Abargouei, Amin Salihi. Parenting style, parental feeding practices and children’s nutritional status in authoritative parenting style model : a structural equation modeling. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2017. Vol. 19, no. 3, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 6-7
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BIM-766614