The Effect of a Telehealth Intervention on Mother–Child’s Feeding Interactions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Table 1 Average Scores and Standard Deviations of the SVIA Subscales and General Quality of Mother–Child Feeding Interactions

	T1	T2	T3	η^2
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
Mother’s Affective state	9.83 (4.52)	24.16 (2.01)	18.21 (1.65)**	0.58
Interactive conflict	7.97 (4.30)	22.14 (2.01)	14.47 (2.43)**	0.61
Food refusal behavior	5.24 (2.18)	13.02 (1.45)	9.77 (1.34)**	0.56
Dyad’s Affective state	4.30 (2.64)	15.13 (1.62)	8.91 (1.88)**	0.72
General Quality	37.47 (0.73)	55.30 (4.43)^§	49.74 (2.05)^§§, **	0.49

Notes: ^§At T2 52% of dyads exceeded the SVIA clinical cut-off of >54, ^§§At T3 no dyads exceeded the SVIA clinical cut-off of >54, η², eta-squared, **p < 0.001.

Table 2 Maternal Scores at SCL-90/R

	T1	T2	T3	η^2
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
SOM	0.18 (0.54)	0.30 (0.45)	0.27 (0.31)	0.16
O-C	0.15 (0.52)	0.69 (0.55)	0.43 (0.42)**	0.64
I-S	0.16 (0.49)	0.34 (0.23)	0.23 (0.26)**	0.08
DEP	0.18 (0.34)	0.73 (0.89)	0.57 (0.71)**	0.82
ANX	0.13 (0.52)	0.66 (0.78)	0.34 (0.32)**	0.96
HOS	0.18 (0.43)	0.31 (0.24)	0.21 (0.51)**	0.10
PHOB	0.24 (0.61)	0.22 (0.11)	0.25 (0.18)	0.14
PAR	0.13 (0.52)	0.43 (0.24)	0.28 (0.23)	0.11
PSY	0.21 (0.53)	0.13 (0.43)	0.16 (0.24)	0.15
GSI	0.54 (0.41)	0.84 (0.54)^§	0.61 (0.75)^§§	0.64

Notes: ^§At T2 21% of mothers exceeded the clinical cut-off of >1 at the SCL-90/R Global Severity Index (GSI), ^§§At T3 13% of mothers exceeded the clinical cut-off of >1 at the SCL-90/R Global Severity Index (GSI), η², eta-squared, **p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: SOM, somatization; O-C, obsessive-compulsive; I-S, interpersonal sensitivity; DEP, depression; ANX, anxiety; HOS, hostility; PHOB, phobic anxiety; PAR, paranoid ideation; PSY, psychoticism; BSFC, Burden Scale for Family Caregivers.

Table 3 Means (Standard Deviation) of Child’s CBCL Subscales

	T1	T2	T3	η^2
E-R	2.55 (1.68)	3.67 (2.17)	3.21 (1.55)	0.22
A-D	2.20 (1.75)	7.52 (1.95)	5.31 (1.48)**	0.75
S-C	3.38 (1.37)	4.32 (2.12)	3.98 (1.67)	0.16
WIT	2.78 (1.43)	6.72 (1.59)	3.72 (1.64)**	0.69
A-P	1.67 (1.40)	5.07 (1.02)	2.61 (1.49)**	0.24
A-B	9.66 (5.18)	21.10 (5.07)	15.21 (3.45)**	0.65
INT	10.45 (3.55)	27.53 (4.32)	20.24 (2.61)**	0.62
EXT	10.61 (2.43)	26.42 (3.54)	19.72 (1.49)**	0.71
DP	8.21 (2.51)	15.32 (1.89)	10.44 (2.12)**	0.64

Notes: η², eta-squared, **p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: E-R, emotionally reactive; A-D, anxious/depressed; S-C, somatic complaints; WIT, withdrawn; A-P, attention problems; A-B, aggressive behavior; INT, internalizing problems; EXT, externalizing problems; DP, dysregulation profile.