Abstract
Background Stress may compromise parenting practices related to children's dietary intake, physical activity, and sedentary behavior. Purpose The current study used Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to examine microtemporal sequences underlying maternal stress and subsequent weightrelated parenting practices. Methods Mothers (n = 199) of children aged 8-12 years participated in two separate 7-day waves of EMA with up to eight randomly prompted surveys per day during children's nonschool time. EMA items assessed stress and weight-related parenting practices. Results When mothers reported experiencing greater stress than usual, they subsequently engaged in less physical activity parenting (e.g., encouraging physical activity; p < .05) and more sedentary screen behavior parenting (e.g., limiting TV/video games; p < .05) over the next 2 hr. Conclusions Addressing within-day variations in maternal stress may be an important component of parent-focused child obesity prevention interventions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 415-425 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Annals of Behavioral Medicine |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 28 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Dietary intake
- Ecological momentary assessment
- Maternal stress
- Physical activity
- Sedentary behavior
- Weightrelated parenting
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health