@article{WortmannGischBergmannetal.2023,
  author    = {Wortmann, Hanna Rosalie and Gisch, Ulrike Alexandra and Bergmann, Manuela M. and Warschburger, Petra},
  title     = {Exploring the longitudinal stability of food neophilia and dietary quality and their prospective relationship in older adults},
  series = {Nutrients},
  volume    = {15},
  journal   = {Nutrients},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2072-6643},
  doi       = {10.3390/nu15051248},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Poor dietary quality is a major cause of morbidity, making the promotion of healthy eating a societal priority. Older adults are a critical target group for promoting healthy eating to enable healthy aging. One factor suggested to promote healthy eating is the willingness to try unfamiliar foods, referred to as food neophilia. This two-wave longitudinal study explored the stability of food neophilia and dietary quality and their prospective relationship over three years, analyzing self-reported data from N = 960 older adults (MT1 = 63.4, range = 50-84) participating in the NutriAct Family Study (NFS) in a cross-lagged panel design. Dietary quality was rated using the NutriAct diet score, based on the current evidence for chronic disease prevention. Food neophilia was measured using the Variety Seeking Tendency Scale. The analyses revealed high a longitudinal stability of both constructs and a small positive cross-sectional correlation between them. Food neophilia had no prospective effect on dietary quality, whereas a very small positive prospective effect of dietary quality on food neophilia was found. Our findings give initial insights into the positive relation of food neophilia and a health-promoting diet in aging and underscore the need for more in-depth research, e.g., on the constructs' developmental trajectories and potential critical windows of opportunity for promoting food neophilia.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{CortesGarciaHoffmannWarschburgeretal.2019,
  author    = {Cortes-Garcia, Laura and Hoffmann, Svenja and Warschburger, Petra and Senra, Carmen},
  title     = {Exploring the reciprocal relationships between adolescents' perceptions of parental and peer attachment and disordered eating},
  series = {International Journal of eating disorders},
  volume    = {52},
  journal   = {International Journal of eating disorders},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {0276-3478},
  doi       = {10.1002/eat.23086},
  pages     = {924 -- 934},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Objective This prospective study explored bidirectional associations between attachment quality towards mother, father, and peers and disordered eating among a large population-based sample of boys and girls in the transition from preadolescence to adolescence. Specifically, we examined whether insecure attachment relationships emerged as a risk factor for or as an outcome of disordered eating. Method A population-based sample of 904 adolescent girls and boys was assessed four times, at baseline (T1; M-age = 10.8 years) and at 2-, 4-, and 6-year follow-up (T2, T3, and T4). Prospective data were analyzed using cross-lagged panel models for each attachment figure (i.e., mother, father, peers) in a multigroup design to compare genders. Results Better attachment to the mother led to less pronounced disturbed eating in girls across the entire age range and in boys across two time periods. In girls, more pronounced disordered eating at T3 predicted worse attachment to the mother at T4 and better attachment to the father at T1 predicted less disturbed eating at T2. In boys, disordered eating at T1 predicted better attachment to the father at T2. Concerning peer attachment, better attachment at T1 predicted disordered eating at T2, in boys only. No other significant cross-lagged effects emerged. Discussion These findings highlight the differential and gender-specific contribution of attachment figures to the development of disordered eating in adolescence. Programs aimed at improving communication and trust in the relationship with parents might be promising in the prevention of disordered eating and the subsequent deterioration of parent-child attachment relationships.},
  language  = {en}
}