Table 1
Sample characteristics.a
Variable Total n ¼ 69
Index child's age, M (SD) 5.35 (0.80)
Index child's sex, n (%)
Male 36.0 (52.2)
Female 33.0 (47.8)
Index child's race/ethnicity, n (%)
Non Hispanic white 41.0 (59.4)
Hispanic or not white 28.0 (40.6)
Maternal education, n (%)
High school education 30.0 (43.5)
> High school education 39.0 (56.5)
Sibling's age, M (SD) 6.38 (3.44)
Sibling's sex, n (%)
Male 34.0 (49.3)
Female 35.0 (50.7)
Total encouragements delivered by sibling to index child, M (SD) 2.86 (4.01)
Maternal feeding behaviors, M (SD)
Pressure to eat 2.67 (1.12)
Restriction 3.30 (0.97)
Monitoring 4.06 (1.05)
Verbal direction 2.75 (0.85)
Coercion 2.07 (0.81)
a Table shows means (M) and standard deviations (SD) or counts (n) and percentages (%).