Relationship between Personality Traits and Nutrition Package Feeding Behaviors of Infant Caregivers in Remote Rural Areas of Sichuan Province.
10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.14608
- Author:
Lu TIAN
1
;
Chang SUN
2
;
Rui-Xue YE
1
;
Jie GAO
1
;
Ying LIAO
1
;
Li ZHENG
3
;
Li-Qin SHEN
4
;
Huan ZHOU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Health Behavior and Social Medicine,West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610041,China.
2. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610041,China.
3. Department of Sociology,School of Public Administration,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610041,China.
4. Department of Child Health and Maternal and Child Health,West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610041,China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Big Five personality traits;
infant caregiver;
nutrition package feeding behavior;
remote rural areas in Sichuan province
- MeSH:
Infant;
Humans;
Child, Preschool;
Caregivers;
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena;
Rural Population;
Feeding Behavior;
China;
Personality
- From:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
2022;44(5):815-821
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the personality traits and nutrition package feeding behaviors of infant caregivers in remote rural areas of Sichuan province and explore the relationship between them. Methods A multi-stage random cluster sampling method was employed to select the infants of 6-24 months old and their caregivers in the remote rural areas of Sichuan province.A structured questionnaire was designed to collect the basic characteristics of infants and their caregivers,as well as the feeding behaviors of the caregivers.The Ten-Item Personality Inventory in China was used to evaluate the caregivers' personality traits in five dimensions:extraversion,agreeableness,conscientiousness,emotional stability,and openness.Multivariate Logistic regression was adopted to analyze the relationship between personality traits and nutrition package feeding behaviors of infant caregivers. Results A total of 895 pairs of infants and their caregivers were investigated.The caregivers showed the average scores of 9.01±2.64,10.60±1.99,9.41±2.06,9.01±2.38,and 8.57±2.29 in the dimensions of extraversion,agreeableness,conscientiousness,emotional stability,and openness,respectively.The effective feeding rate of nutrition package was 53.3% (477/895).The results of regression analysis showed that under the premise of controlling for other factors,the caregiver's conscientious personality (OR=1.08,95%CI=1.004-1.153,P=0.038) was the protective factor for the effective feeding of nutrition package. Conclusion The feeding behavior of infant caregivers in the remote rural areas of Sichuan province remains to be improved,and the caregivers with high conscientious personality are more likely to feed their infants effectively.
