Parental Education Styles, Feeding Schedules and Use of Technological Devices: A Cross-Sectional Study
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https://doi.org/10.14306/renhyd.28.4.2211Keywords:
Parenting styles, Eating habits, Electronic devices, Parental education, Family interactionsAbstract
Introduction. Parenting plays a crucial role in the development of children, molding their personality, eating habits and their relationship with the environment that surrounds them. Parents' concerns about feeding difficulties and using electronic devices (ED) are increasingly frequent, so understanding behavioral aspects is essential for school health.
Methods: The cross-sectional study was carried out in two private educational institutions using a sample of 400 representatives to whom the Norms and Requirements Scale (ENE_P) was applied, in its version for parents developed by Bersabe et al, to characterize parenting styles. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Inductive parents were the most consistent in maintaining schedules 86%. The three parenting styles showed an inclination towards rigidity in terms of breakfast times, for lunch and dinner they decreased the demand. The tendency to avoid offering food outside of regular times was higher among inductive parents at 92.2% and parents with an indulgent style showed a greater inclination to offer food outside of established times compared to the other parenting styles in a 33.3%. Parents who use electronic devices during meals were the indulgent 66.7%. And those who did not allow their children to use it during meals were the inductive parents 72.2%.
Conclusions: An association was observed between the predominant parenting style, the formation of eating habits and the use of electronic devices during meals. Parental education styles are essential to understand the implications that these behaviors can have on children's diet and nutrition, which could entail health risks during the school years.
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