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Salud mental
Print version ISSN 0185-3325
Abstract
FLORES-PENA, Yolanda et al. Depressive symptoms, maternal feeding styles, and preschool child’s body weight. Salud Ment [online]. 2021, vol.44, n.6, pp.261-266. Epub Feb 08, 2022. ISSN 0185-3325. https://doi.org/10.17711/sm.0185-3325.2021.034.
Introduction
Depressive symptoms (DS) can impact maternal child feeding styles (MCFS), and child’s body weight.
Objective
1. Verify if DS are different depending if the child has, or not, overweight-obesity (OW-OB); 2. Identify the MCFS based on the fact that the child has, or not, OW-OB; 3. Verify it DS are different according to MCFS; 4. Identify DS’s predictors.
Method
Correlational cross-sectional study. The participants were 259 dyads (mother- preschool child) residents in Mexico’ Northeast. Mothers answered the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, Revised, and the Caregiver Feeding Styles Questionnaire. Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-square test, Kruskall-Wallis H, and multiple linear regression analysis were performed.
Results
Twelve point eight percent of the mothers (n = 33) had DS, 35.5% (n = 92) authoritarian MCFS. No significant difference was identified between DS and MCFS according to the child’s OW-OB or lack thereof (U = 5726.0, p > .05 and X2 = .078, gl = 3, p > .05). A significant positive correlation was found between DS and MCFS demandingness (rs = .208, p = .001). The authoritarian MCFS had the highest DS mean (H = 10.70, gl = 3, p< .05). The demandingness predicts the DS (X2 = 826.445, gl = 1, p = .001).
Discussion and conclusion
Authoritarian MCFS predominated, DS were higher in mothers with authoritarian MCFS; demandingness predicts DS. It is recommended to promote authoritarian MCFS which favors the development of healthy eating habits.
Keywords : Depression; body weight; preschool; feeding; mother-child relationships; overweight.