Nutrients
Associations Between Parental and Child Food Neophobia and Children’s Eating Behavior and Psychological Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of South Korean Parent–Child Dyads
By Mi‐Sun Lee, Kazimierz Wilkoszewski, Natalia Ziółkowska and 2 others.
Abstract
Objectives
Pediatric eating behavior and psychological adjustment may be related to family food-related attitudes. This cross-sectional study examined associations between parental and child food neophobia (FN) in South Korean parent–child dyads and evaluated whether child FN statistically mediated associations between parental FN and child eating-behavior and psychological-symptom indicators.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 300 parent–child dyads aged 6–12 years recruited through community mental health and counseling centers. Parent-reported FN, CEBQ indicators, and PSC-17 symptoms were analyzed using multivariable linear regression and 5000-resample bias-corrected bootstrap mediation models.