Caregivers Feeding Styles Questionnaire
The Caregivers Feeding Styles Questionnaire is a brief, widely used, reliable, and validated self-report questionnaire designed to assess parental feeding styles. This questionnaire has been successfully used with parents from multiple low-income populations including Black, White, and Hispanic.
Administration
- Personnel and Training Required: None
- Equipment Needs: None
- Life stage: Children ages 3-11 years
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Caregiver’s Feeding Styles Questionnaires
- English
- Spanish - email shughes@bcm.edu
Scoring
Publications
Hughes SO, Power TG, Fisher JO, Mueller S, Nicklas T. Revisiting a neglected construct: Parenting styles in a child-feeding context. Appetite. 2005;44(1):83-92.
Hughes SO, Shewchuk RM, Baskin ML, Nicklas TA, Qu H. Indulgent feeding style and children’s weight status in preschool. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2008;29(5):403-410.
Hughes SO, Power TG, Papaioannou M, Cross M, Nicklas T, Hall S, Shewchuk RM. Emotional climate, feeding behaviors, and feeding styles: An observational analysis of the dinner meal in Head Start families. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity. 2011;8(60):1-11.
Hughes SO, Power TG, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Micheli, N, Papaioannou MA. Maternal feeding style and child weight status among Hispanic families with low-income levels: A longitudinal study of the direction of effects. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2021;18:30.
Food Parenting Inventory
The Food Parenting Inventory is a reliable and validated self-report questionnaire designed to assess food parenting practices based on the Vaughn et al., 2016 conceptual model with the exception of food availability/accessibility, food preparation, and praise. The English and Spanish versions of the questionnaire have been successfully used with parents from multiple low-income populations.
Administration
- Personnel and Training Required: None
- Equipment Needs: None
- Life stage: Children ages 2-8 years
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Food Parenting Inventory Questionnaires
- English
- Spanish - email shughes@bcm.edu
Scoring
Publications
Power TG, Johnson SL, Beck AD, Martinez AD, Hughes SO. The Food Parenting Inventory: Factor structure, reliability, and validity in a low-income, Latina sample. Appetite. 2019;134:111-119.
Hughes SO, Power TG, Baker SS, Barale KV, Aragon C, Lanigan JD, Parker L, Silva Garcia K, Auld G, Johnston CA, Micheli N. Short-term efficacy of a childhood obesity prevention program designed to pair feeding content with nutrition education. Childhood Obesity. 2022.
