The Quality of Mother-Child Feeding Interactions during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Study on an Italian Sample

Autor/inn/en	Cerniglia, Luca; Tambelli, Renata; Trombini, Elena; Andrei, Federica; Cimino, Silvia
Titel	The Quality of Mother-Child Feeding Interactions during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Study on an Italian Sample
Quelle	In: European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19 (2022) 5, S.679-695 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-5629
DOI	10.1080/17405629.2021.1947233
Schlagwörter	Parent Child Relationship; Mothers; Parent Role; COVID-19; Pandemics; Psychopathology; Caregiver Attitudes; Emotional Development; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety Disorders; Behavior Patterns; Nutrition; Children; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Parental role; Elternrolle; Psychopathologie; Gefühlsbildung; Ernährung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the life of individuals in several realms such as work, education, and interpersonal interactions. No research has so far investigated the possible influence of the emergency on the quality of mother-child exchanges during feeding. The present study aimed to do so in a sample of mothers and children (N = 359) recruited in the general population. The SVIA was used to evaluate the quality of the dyadic feeding interactions; the SCL-90/R and the BSFC were employed to assess mothers' psychopathological risk and caregiving distress. The CBCL 1,5-5 was used to tap mothers' perception of offspring's emotional/behavioral functioning. All measures were administered at 18 (T1) and 36 months (T2) of the children (respectively pre-pandemic and during the pandemic periods). Results showed that the quality of the feeding interactions worsened from T1 to T2. Mothers' psychopathological risk, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsion scores and caregiving distress significantly increased. Children's emotional/behavioral functioning worsened during the pandemic, with significantly higher Internalizing and Externalizing scores. This is the first study to focus on the quality of mother-child feeding interactions during the pandemic. This exploratory study can expand the knowledge on the possible negative outcomes of COVID-19 on family life and caregiving. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01