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Associações entre a regulação emocional, práticas alimentares e consumo alimentar em idade pré-escolar
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Investigações anteriores consideraram que a regulação emocional das crianças e
as práticas parentais alimentares, podem determinar o consumo alimentar das crianças,
sendo que a compreensão destas interações alimentares nos primeiros anos de vida é
crucial para promover hábitos alimentares saudáveis desde cedo.
No estado atual do conhecimento, há algumas lacunas específicas existentes, tais
como, a escassez de dados sobre a relação entre a regulação emocional da criança, as
práticas parentais alimentares e o consumo alimentar nos anos pré-escolares. Assim, o
presente estudo pretende ultrapassar estas lacunas, ao analisar as relações entre as três
variáveis referidas anteriormente, tendo como população alvo a população portuguesa.
Neste estudo participaram 387 mães e 16 pais de 399 crianças entre os 3 e os 5
anos de idade. Para avaliar a regulação emocional utilizou-se o instrumento Emotion
Regulation Checklist, para avaliar o consumo alimentar utilizou-se o instrumento Child
Health Section da Parent Interview of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-B, e para
avaliar as práticas parentais alimentares utilizou-se o instrumento Questionário Completo
de Práticas Parentais.
Os resultados indicaram que quanto mais práticas alimentares responsivas os pais
utilizam, maior o consumo alimentar saudável da criança e, inversamente, menor o
consumo alimentar não saudável. Por outro lado, quanto mais práticas alimentares não
responsivas os pais utilizam, menor o consumo alimentar saudável da criança e maior o
consumo alimentar não saudável. Quanto maior o consumo alimentar não saudável, maior
a desregulação emocional da criança. E quanto maior o uso reportado de práticas
alimentares responsivas, maior a capacidade de regulação emocional da criança. Por outro
lado, quanto maior o uso de práticas alimentares não responsivas, maior a desregulação
emocional da criança.
A análise dos coeficientes de regressão revelou que, tanto a regulação emocional
da criança, como as práticas parentais não responsivas são preditores significativos do
consumo alimentar não saudável. Estes resultados sugerem que o consumo alimentar das
crianças pode ser determinado pela regulação das emoções e pelas práticas parentais
alimentares
ABSTRACT: Previous research has found that children's emotional regulation and parental feeding practices can determine children's food consumption, and understanding these feeding interactions in the first years of life is crucial to promoting healthy eating habits from an early age. In the current state of knowledge, there are some specific gaps, such as the scarcity of data on the relationship between children's emotional regulation, parental feeding practices and food consumption in the pre-school years. This study aims to overcome these gaps by analysing the relationships between the three variables mentioned above, with the target population being the Portuguese population. This study involved 387 mothers and 16 fathers of 399 children between the ages of 3 and 5. The Emotion Regulation Checklist was used to assess emotional regulation, the Child Health Section of the Parent Interview of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-B was used to assess food consumption, and the Complete Questionnaire of Parenting Practices was used to assess parental feeding practices. The results indicated that the more responsive feeding practices parents use, the higher the child's healthy food consumption and, conversely, the lower the unhealthy food consumption. On the other hand, the more unresponsive dietary practices parents use, the lower the child's healthy food consumption and the higher the unhealthy food consumption. The higher the unhealthy food consumption, the greater the child's emotional dysregulation. And the greater the reported use of responsive eating practices, the greater the child's capacity for emotional regulation. On the other hand, the greater the use of unresponsive eating practices, the greater the child's emotional dysregulation. Analysis of the regression coefficients revealed that both the child's emotional regulation and unresponsive parenting practices are significant predictors of unhealthy food consumption. These results suggest that children's food consumption can be determined by emotion regulation and parental eating practices.
ABSTRACT: Previous research has found that children's emotional regulation and parental feeding practices can determine children's food consumption, and understanding these feeding interactions in the first years of life is crucial to promoting healthy eating habits from an early age. In the current state of knowledge, there are some specific gaps, such as the scarcity of data on the relationship between children's emotional regulation, parental feeding practices and food consumption in the pre-school years. This study aims to overcome these gaps by analysing the relationships between the three variables mentioned above, with the target population being the Portuguese population. This study involved 387 mothers and 16 fathers of 399 children between the ages of 3 and 5. The Emotion Regulation Checklist was used to assess emotional regulation, the Child Health Section of the Parent Interview of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-B was used to assess food consumption, and the Complete Questionnaire of Parenting Practices was used to assess parental feeding practices. The results indicated that the more responsive feeding practices parents use, the higher the child's healthy food consumption and, conversely, the lower the unhealthy food consumption. On the other hand, the more unresponsive dietary practices parents use, the lower the child's healthy food consumption and the higher the unhealthy food consumption. The higher the unhealthy food consumption, the greater the child's emotional dysregulation. And the greater the reported use of responsive eating practices, the greater the child's capacity for emotional regulation. On the other hand, the greater the use of unresponsive eating practices, the greater the child's emotional dysregulation. Analysis of the regression coefficients revealed that both the child's emotional regulation and unresponsive parenting practices are significant predictors of unhealthy food consumption. These results suggest that children's food consumption can be determined by emotion regulation and parental eating practices.
Description
Dissertação de Mestrado, apresentada no ISPA – Instituto
Universitário para obtenção do grau de Mestre na
especialidade de Psicologia e Psicopatologia do
Desenvolvimento
Keywords
Consumo alimentar Práticas alimentares Pré-escolar Regulação emocional