Child and parent predictors of picky eating from preschool to school age

Table 1 Means, standard deviations and correlation coefficients between all study variables at baseline

	Mean (SD)	Children’s negative affectivity	Children’s surgency	Children’s sensory sensitivity	Parental sensitivity	Parental structuring	Socio-economic status
Pickiness	0.28 (0.45)	.13***	−.01	.16***	−.02	−.02	−.01
Children’s negative affectivity	3.70 (0.47)		−.18***	.17***	−.08**	−.07*	−.10***
Children’s surgency	3.55 (0.61)			−.04	−.03	−.07*	−.02
Children’s sensory sensitivity	0.23 (0.98)				−.06*	−.05	−.04
Parental sensitivity	25.18 (3.02)					.71***	.15***
Parental structuring	25.69 (3.18)						.13***
Socioeconomic status	4.41 (0.98)

Biserial correlations are estimated for the dichotomous pickiness variable. *p < .05. **p < .01. *** p < .001

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