Keith K Davison
Biographic Data
| ID | 289343 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith K Davison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith K |
| FAMILY NAME | Davison |
| SIGNATURE | DAVISON K K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3492-918X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 135 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Incongruence in fathers' and mothers' adverse childhood experiences and children's behavior problems
Objective To examine associations between (in)congruence within parent dyads' adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and children's behavior problems. Background Despite evidence that both parents influence child health, studies on multigenerational consequences of ACEs have focused on one parent. Yet many children have two parents exposed to ACEs. Fathers' and mothers' ACEs may intersect, and their shared, or differing, experience of ACEs may have…
Validation of a brief food parenting measure for fathers
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Fathers' Food Parenting Practices and Children's Diets
Racial and ethnic disparities in children's diets are prevalent. Little is known about how fathers' food parenting practices may contribute to these disparities. We examined racial and ethnic variations in food parenting practices and their associations with 2–6-year-old children's diets in a cross-sectional sample of U.S. fathers surveyed in 2021–2023 (N = 1015; 16% Asian, 9% Black, 6% Hispanic, 70% White; Mage = 37 years) using path analysis. F…
Parent empowerment as a buffer between perceived stress and parenting self-efficacy in immigrant parents
Food parenting and Children's eating behaviour
Prospective Associations Between Fathers’ Engagement in Infant Caregiving and Their Weight-Related Behaviors and Mental Health
Fathers’ engagement in infant caregiving is linked with positive social, emotional, and developmental outcomes in children; however, its relationship with fathers’ own health is largely unknown. This longitudinal study examined associations between fathers’ caregiving engagement with their 6-month-old infants and their physical activity, sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption, nighttime sleep duration, and depressive symptoms 6 months later w…
Exploring a theory of change
Acceptability and appropriateness of a novel parent-staff co-leadership model for childhood obesity prevention in Head Start
clinicaltrials.gov, NCT03334669 (7-11-17)
The role of chicken management practices in children’s exposure to environmental contamination
Clinical trials number: NCT03152227 ; Retrospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov on May 12, 2012
Development and Psychometric Properties of the Sleep Parenting Scale for Infants
Although infants' sleep behaviors are shaped by their interactions with parents at bedtime, few tools exist to capture parents' sleep parenting practices. This study developed a Sleep Parenting Scale for Infants (SPS-I) and aimed to (1) explore and validate its factorial structure, (2) examine its measurement invariance across mothers and fathers, and (3) investigate its reliability and concurrent and convergent validity. SPS-I was developed via …
Association of sugar-sweetened beverage intake with maternal postpartum weight retention
Objective: During the perinatal period, modifiable behaviours contributing to excess weight gain, including sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake, are understudied. We examined the extent to which perinatal SSB intake affects postpartum weight retention (PPWR). Design: We measured SSB intake frequency in the third trimester and 1-month postpartum using the NHANES Dietary Screener Questionnaire. We assessed the association between SSB intake and P…
It’s all outward appearance-based attractions”
This study explores the body image ideals among a racially/ethnically diverse sample of gay and bisexual men in the United States. Furthermore, it examines the role body image ideals play on mobile dating applications (“dating apps”) for gay and bisexual men. Guided by Objectification Theory and Minority Stress Theory, 30 semi-structured interviews were conducted with young gay and bisexual men (ages 18-30 years) in Massachusetts. Using thematic …
Development and Validation of a Parental Health-Related Empowerment Scale with Low Income Parents
Results support initial validity of a brief survey measuring parental empowerment for child health among Head Start parents. The PEARR can be utilized to measure changes in parental empowerment through interventions targeting empowerment as a mechanism of change
Antenatal dietary concordance among mothers and fathers and gestational weight gain
Mothers had higher risk for excessive GWG when both partners had unhealthy FF consumption frequency, and when fathers had unhealthy FV consumption frequency. These findings imply that fathers should be involved in educational opportunities regarding dietary intake during pregnancy
Autonomous motivation, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and healthy beverage intake in US families
Objective To assess interdependent effects of autonomous motivation to limit sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in relation to SSB and healthy beverage (HB) intake in mother–adolescent and father–adolescent dyads. Design Adopting a dyadic cross-sectional design, the actor–partner interdependence modelling (APIM) approach was used to construct and analyse two APIM for mother–adolescent and father–adolescent dyads. The first model assessed …
Changes in the nutritional quality of fast-food items marketed at restaurants, 2010 v. 2013
Objective To examine the nutritional quality of menu items promoted in four (US) fast-food restaurant chains (McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Taco Bell) in 2010 and 2013. Design Menu items pictured on signs and menu boards were recorded at 400 fast-food restaurants across the USA. The Nutrient Profile Index (NPI) was used to calculate overall nutrition scores for items (higher scores indicate greater nutritional quality) and was dichotomized to…
Development and preliminary validation of the Parenting around SNAcking Questionnaire (P-SNAQ)
Media Competition Implementation for the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Study (MA-Cord)
The Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Study (MA-CORD) was a multi-level, multi-sector community intervention with a media competition component to provide an overarching synergy and promote awareness of target behaviors to reduce childhood obesity. Students participating in the media competition were tasked with developing videos, song/rap lyrics, and artwork that reflected the goals. The aim of this study is to document the …
A Cascade of Champions
A media competition was part of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) Study. Criss et al., previously outlined the development and implementation of the competition, including variation in reach and adoption of the intervention across schools and afterschool programs. In this qualitative study, we examine community, provider, and organizational factors that explain the variation of media competition reach in school …
Fathers’ Perceived Reasons for Their Underrepresentation in Child Health Research and Strategies to Increase Their Involvement
Conditioned to eat while watching television? Low-income caregivers’ perspectives on the role of snacking and television viewing among pre-schoolers
Objective Although television (TV) viewing is frequently paired with snacking among young children, little is known about the environment in which caregivers promote this behaviour. We describe low-income pre-schoolers’ snacking and TV viewing habits as reported by their primary caregivers, including social/physical snacking contexts, types of snacks and caregiver rationales for offering snacks. These findings may support the development of effec…
Diversity in fathers' food parenting practices
What do you think of when I say the word ‘snack’?” Towards a cohesive definition among low-income caregivers of preschool-age children
A qualitative study of parents' perceptions and use of portion size strategies for preschool children's snacks
The Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG)
This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a child-report, multidimensional measure of physical activity (PA) parenting, the Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG), in African American and non-Hispanic white families. The ACTS-MG was administered to children aged 5 to 12 years. A three factor model of PA parenting (Modeling of PA, Logistic Support, and Restricting Access to Screen-based Activities) was tested separate…
Some Empirical Patterns in a Riot Process
This study focuses on riot process. Detailed temporal and spatial data on over 1,850 instances of crowd action recorded during Los Angeles riot are categorized, quantified and analyzed. Data are generated using an adaptation of team reporting, in which a number of segments, or pieces of behavioral action, are combined to increase amount of information available on a complex event. Common crowd characterizations and riot classificatory and concept…
Etiology of body dissatisfaction and weight concerns among 5-year-old girls
Diversity in fathers' food parenting practices
What do you think of when I say the word ‘snack’?” Towards a cohesive definition among low-income caregivers of preschool-age children
A qualitative study of parents' perceptions and use of portion size strategies for preschool children's snacks
Processes linking weight status and self-concept among girls from ages 5 to 7 years
Weight-Related Teasing in the School Environment
Associations among social capital, parenting for active lifestyles, and youth physical activity in rural families living in upstate New York
Why are early maturing girls less active? Links between pubertal development, psychological well-being, and physical activity among girls at ages 11 and 13
Black Ghetto Violence
A riot is not “all hell breaking loose,” but a complex sociopolitical process. Patterns not apparent on the surface characterize different forms of riotous behavior, can be uncovered through systematic analysis, and do shed new light on the rioting phenomenon. Nearly 2,000 Los Angeles riot events of four discrete classes have been coded by census tract location. Stepwise multiple regression analysis employing sociodemographic and retail-establish…
Black Ghetto Residents as Rioters 1
Los Angeles riot participants, both actual and “psychological,” were compared with nonparticipants to see if participation could be predicted, using stepwise multiple linear regression analysis and a second form of linear regression analysis (Wood's algorithm). Data were from 586 interviews of black residents, representing a random sample of the riot curfew area. Neither active nor psychological riot participation could be predicted when age and …
The consequence of encouraging girls to be active for weight loss
Validation of a brief food parenting measure for fathers
Development and preliminary validation of the Parenting around SNAcking Questionnaire (P-SNAQ)
Black Ghetto Residents as Rioters 1
Los Angeles riot participants, both actual and “psychological,” were compared with nonparticipants to see if participation could be predicted, using stepwise multiple linear regression analysis and a second form of linear regression analysis (Wood's algorithm). Data were from 586 interviews of black residents, representing a random sample of the riot curfew area. Neither active nor psychological riot participation could be predicted when age and …
Black Ghetto Violence
A riot is not “all hell breaking loose,” but a complex sociopolitical process. Patterns not apparent on the surface characterize different forms of riotous behavior, can be uncovered through systematic analysis, and do shed new light on the rioting phenomenon. Nearly 2,000 Los Angeles riot events of four discrete classes have been coded by census tract location. Stepwise multiple regression analysis employing sociodemographic and retail-establish…
Some Empirical Patterns in a Riot Process
This study focuses on riot process. Detailed temporal and spatial data on over 1,850 instances of crowd action recorded during Los Angeles riot are categorized, quantified and analyzed. Data are generated using an adaptation of team reporting, in which a number of segments, or pieces of behavioral action, are combined to increase amount of information available on a complex event. Common crowd characterizations and riot classificatory and concept…
Etiology of body dissatisfaction and weight concerns among 5-year-old girls
Family Environmental Factors Influencing the Developing Behavioral Controls of Food Intake and Childhood Overweight
Childhood overweight
The prevalence of overweight among children has doubled within the past two decades. Increases in the rate of childhood overweight are of particular concern due to the negative health and psychological effects noted among overweight children. As shown by previous research, the development of childhood overweight involves a complex set of factors from multiple contexts that interact with each other to place a child at risk of overweight. This mult…
Processes linking weight status and self-concept among girls from ages 5 to 7 years
Learning to overeat
Why are early maturing girls less active? Links between pubertal development, psychological well-being, and physical activity among girls at ages 11 and 13
The consequence of encouraging girls to be active for weight loss
Associations among social capital, parenting for active lifestyles, and youth physical activity in rural families living in upstate New York
Family Ecological Predictors of Physical Activity Parenting in Low-Income Families
Physical activity (PA) parenting, or strategies parents use to promote PA in children, has been associated with increased PA in children of all ages, including preschool-aged children. However, little is known about the circumstances under which parents adopt such behaviors. This study examined family ecological factors associated with PA parenting. Low-income parents (N = 145) of preschool-aged children (aged 2 to 5 years) were recruited from fi…
Reframing family-centred obesity prevention using the Family Ecological Model
Objective According to the Family Ecological Model (FEM), parenting behaviours are shaped by the contexts in which families are embedded. In the present study, we utilize the FEM to guide a mixed-methods community assessment and summarize the results. Additionally, we discuss the utility of the FEM and outline possible improvements. Design Using a cross-sectional design, qualitative and quantitative methods were used to examine the ecologies of p…
The Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG)
This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a child-report, multidimensional measure of physical activity (PA) parenting, the Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG), in African American and non-Hispanic white families. The ACTS-MG was administered to children aged 5 to 12 years. A three factor model of PA parenting (Modeling of PA, Logistic Support, and Restricting Access to Screen-based Activities) was tested separate…
Fathers’ child feeding practices
Association of Prenatal Participation in a Public Health Nutrition Program With Healthy Infant Weight Gain
Objectives. We tested the hypothesis that early enrollment in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is associated with a reduced risk of rapid infant weight gain (RIWG). Methods. We used a longitudinal cohort of mother–infant pairs (n = 157 590) enrolled in WIC in New York State from 2008 to 2009 and estimated the odds of RIWG, defined as a 12-month change in weight-for-age z score of more than .67, comp…
Weight-Related Teasing in the School Environment
A qualitative study of parents' perceptions and use of portion size strategies for preschool children's snacks
Media Competition Implementation for the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Study (MA-Cord)
The Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Study (MA-CORD) was a multi-level, multi-sector community intervention with a media competition component to provide an overarching synergy and promote awareness of target behaviors to reduce childhood obesity. Students participating in the media competition were tasked with developing videos, song/rap lyrics, and artwork that reflected the goals. The aim of this study is to document the …
A Cascade of Champions
A media competition was part of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) Study. Criss et al., previously outlined the development and implementation of the competition, including variation in reach and adoption of the intervention across schools and afterschool programs. In this qualitative study, we examine community, provider, and organizational factors that explain the variation of media competition reach in school …
Fathers’ Perceived Reasons for Their Underrepresentation in Child Health Research and Strategies to Increase Their Involvement
Conditioned to eat while watching television? Low-income caregivers’ perspectives on the role of snacking and television viewing among pre-schoolers
Objective Although television (TV) viewing is frequently paired with snacking among young children, little is known about the environment in which caregivers promote this behaviour. We describe low-income pre-schoolers’ snacking and TV viewing habits as reported by their primary caregivers, including social/physical snacking contexts, types of snacks and caregiver rationales for offering snacks. These findings may support the development of effec…
Diversity in fathers' food parenting practices
What do you think of when I say the word ‘snack’?” Towards a cohesive definition among low-income caregivers of preschool-age children
Changes in the nutritional quality of fast-food items marketed at restaurants, 2010 v. 2013
Objective To examine the nutritional quality of menu items promoted in four (US) fast-food restaurant chains (McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Taco Bell) in 2010 and 2013. Design Menu items pictured on signs and menu boards were recorded at 400 fast-food restaurants across the USA. The Nutrient Profile Index (NPI) was used to calculate overall nutrition scores for items (higher scores indicate greater nutritional quality) and was dichotomized to…
Psychology (34 works) · Developmental psychology (27 works) · Medicine (27 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (10 works) · Obesity (10 works)