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Preschool Executive Control, Temperament, and Adolescent Dietary Behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child temperament styles characterized by increased emotionality or pleasure seeking may increase risk for less healthful eating patterns, while strong executive control (EC) may be protective. The interaction of these characteristics with longitudinal outcomes has not yet been examined.

Purpose

The aim of this study was to examine the association of preschool temperament and EC, as well as their interaction with adolescent eating.

Methods

Preschoolers (N = 313) were recruited into a longitudinal study, with behavioral measurement of EC at age 5.25 years, temperament assessed multiple times across preschool, and eating outcomes assessed in adolescence (mean age = 15.34 years).

Results

Separate latent moderated structural equation models demonstrated that weaker EC was associated with eating less healthful foods, including high sugar foods, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), and convenience foods (p < .05). In the moderation models, negative affectivity temperament was correlated with eating less healthful foods, high sugar foods, and SSBs (p < .05). Children lower in surgency/extraversion temperament were more likely to drink SSBs. There was an interaction between temperament and EC, such that children high in negative affectivity with weaker EC were particularly more likely to consume less healthful foods, high sugar foods, and SSBs (p < .05). There was no interaction of surgency with EC and food consumption.

Conclusions

Child characteristics measured early in development were associated with later adolescent eating behaviors. Adequate EC could be necessary to counteract the drive toward eating associated with temperaments high in negative affectivity.

SUBMITTER: Kidwell KM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10305800 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Preschool Executive Control, Temperament, and Adolescent Dietary Behaviors.

Kidwell Katherine M KM James Tiffany D TD Brock Rebecca L RL Lazarus Yaroch Amy A Hill Jennie L JL Mize Nelson Jennifer J Alex Mason W W Andrews Espy Kimberly K Nelson Timothy D TD

Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 20230401 3

<h4>Background</h4>Child temperament styles characterized by increased emotionality or pleasure seeking may increase risk for less healthful eating patterns, while strong executive control (EC) may be protective. The interaction of these characteristics with longitudinal outcomes has not yet been examined.<h4>Purpose</h4>The aim of this study was to examine the association of preschool temperament and EC, as well as their interaction with adolescent eating.<h4>Methods</h4>Preschoolers (N = 313) ...[more]

PMID: 35939404

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Preschool Executive Control, Temperament, and Adolescent Dietary Behaviors.

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Preschool Executive Control, Temperament, and Adolescent Dietary Behaviors.

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