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dc.contributor.advisorRoberts, Michael C
dc.contributor.authorStough, Cathleen
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-11T23:35:07Z
dc.date.available2015-12-11T23:35:07Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-31
dc.date.submitted2015
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13665
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/19186
dc.description.abstractBackground: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show greater food refusal than their typically developing peers. The current study examined parent and child mealtime behaviors associated with consumption of unfamiliar foods by children with ASD. Methods: Families of 38 children aged 2 through 8 years old and diagnosed with ASD videotaped a typical home mealtime during which parents presented the child with an unfamiliar food and mealtime behaviors were subsequently coded through an observational coding system. Results: Only sips of drink at the meal related to whether children took a bite of the unfamiliar food (z = - 2.42, p = .02). However, parent direct commands (z = 2.01, p = .04) and parents feeding the child (z = 6.69, p Conclusions: Frequency of most mealtime behaviors across the course of the meal did not differentiate between children who took a bite of the unfamiliar food and those who did not. Clinical interventions for food selectivity in children with ASD should provide parents education on effective mealtime parenting strategies (e.g., commands and feeds) and decreasing inappropriate child mealtime behaviors (e.g., not playing at the table, not being away from the meal).
dc.format.extent52 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectClinical psychology
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectautism spectrum disorder
dc.subjectfood selectivity
dc.subjectmealtime behaviors
dc.titleMealtime Behaviors Associated with Consumption of Unfamiliar Foods by Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberPatton, Susana R
dc.contributor.cmtememberDreyer Gillette, Meredith
dc.contributor.cmtememberGoetz, Jeannine
dc.contributor.cmtememberRapoff, Michael
dc.contributor.cmtememberReese, Matthew R
dc.contributor.cmtememberSteele, Ric G
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineClinical Child Psychology
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPh.D.
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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