Çocuklukta sağlıksız yiyecek tüketimini yordayan faktörler: Çocuk mizacı ve ebeveynler arası çatışma

The purpose of the current study was to examine the contributions of children's temperament and interparental conflict to children's unhealthy food consumption. This study also investigated the moderating role of interparental conflict in the relationship between children's temperament and their unhealthy food consumption. Participants were the parents of 199 Turkish children (104 boys) aged between 25-103 months (M=59.16, SD= 14.4). Parents reported on their children's temperament (negative affectivity, surgency/extraversion, effortful control), the interparental conflict, and their children's unhealthy food consumption. Bivariate correlations and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were conducted to test the hypotheses. Results demonstrated that surgency/extraversion was positively, and effortful control was negatively related to unhealthy food consumption in children. Interparental conflict was positively associated with the child's unhealthy food consumption. In addition, interparental conflict both moderated the relationship between children's temperament (negative affectivity, effortful control) and unhealthy food consumption. This study contributes to the literature by addressing the contributions of both temperamental characteristics and interparental conflict on the unhealthy food consumption of children.