A Positive Deviance-Based Qualitative Study of Stress, Coping, and Feeding Practices among Low-Income, Hispanic Mothers Whose Children Do versus Do Not Meet Guidelines for Fruit and Vegetable Intake

Autor/inn/en	Shonkoff, Eleanor; Folta, Sara C.; Fitopoulos, Theodore; Ramirez, Cynthia N.; Bluthenthal, Ricky; Pentz, Mary Ann; Chou, Chih-Ping; Dunton, Genevieve F.
Titel	A Positive Deviance-Based Qualitative Study of Stress, Coping, and Feeding Practices among Low-Income, Hispanic Mothers Whose Children Do versus Do Not Meet Guidelines for Fruit and Vegetable Intake
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 35 (2020) 6, S.584-604 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shonkoff, Eleanor)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyaa037
Schlagwörter	Nutrition; Eating Habits; Child Health; Parent Role; Mothers; Obesity; At Risk Persons; Low Income Groups; Body Weight; Physical Activity Level; Parenting Styles; Parent Attitudes; Stress Management; Coping + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ernährung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Parental role; Elternrolle; Mother; Mutter; Adipositas; Risikogruppe; Körpergewicht; Elternverhalten; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Bewältigung
Abstract	Less than 1% of children in the United States concurrently meet guidelines for fruit/vegetable intake, physical activity, screen time, and sugar-sweetened beverages. Prior evidence suggests that parents of this 1% potentially cope with stress differently. This qualitative study used a positive deviance-based approach to locate mothers whose children avoided negative feeding outcomes despite being 'high-risk' for obesity. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in Spanish for two groups: low-income, Hispanic mothers whose children were normal weight and met recommendations for fruits/vegetables and physical activity (n = 5); and a comparison group whose children had obesity and did not meet guidelines (n = 8). Topics included weight-related parenting practices, attitudes toward health, and stress management. Interviews were transcribed, translated, and coded using NVivo for theoretically driven thematic analysis. Results suggested that mothers viewed stress differently. Mothers of healthy weight children believed stress could be prevented, such as by paying children more attention or directing one's attention away from stressors; comparison group mothers tended to report stress about managing their child's eating and about financial worries. Future research is needed to understand the underlying sources of these differences (e.g. personality traits, coping practices) and test whether stress prevention interventions can promote healthy parental feeding practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01