Restaurant visits have been declined in the past decades while preparing the meals at home has been increased. This study focuses on mother customers who are known as the leading providers of homemade meals and primary decision-makers in family dining out in the context of family dining. The purpose of the study is to examine (1) what issue related to home cooking causes mothers to dine out with family, (2) what keeps them from dining out, and (3) the relationship of their psychological influences (i.e., cooking stress, need for reward, desire to dine out, and dining out constraints) that occur within the family dining decision-making process. With a total of 644 mothers in the U.S, the findings reveal that the mother participants who are stressed out from cooking for their family seek a self-gifted reward for their daily effort and desire to dine out to escape from the burden of cooking duty, which leads them to participate in family dining. However, despite the dining desire, mothers also face the reasons to constrain dining out (i.e., interpersonal and intrapersonal constraints), and both constraints keep them from family dining out. The results of this study are expected to help family restaurants develop a healthful family dining environment and new strategies to entice mothers and family customers to visit family dining restaurants.

在过去的几十年里，去餐厅的次数有所减少，而在家准备饭菜的次数却有所增加。本研究侧重于被称为家庭自制餐的主要供应商和家庭用餐环境中家庭外出就餐的主要决策者的母亲顾客。该研究的目的是检查 (1) 与家庭烹饪相关的哪些问题导致母亲与家人外出用餐，(2) 是什么阻止她们外出就餐，以及 (3) 她们的心理影响（即烹饪压力）的关系、对奖励的需要、外出就餐的愿望和外出就餐限制）发生在家庭用餐决策过程中。美国共有 644 位母亲，研究结果显示，因为家人做饭而感到压力的母亲参与者寻求对他们日常努力的自我奖励，并渴望外出就餐以摆脱烹饪职责的负担，这导致他们参与家庭用餐。然而，尽管有用餐的愿望，母亲们也面临着限制外出就餐的原因（即人际和人际约束），而这两种限制都使她们无法与家人外出就餐。预计这项研究的结果将有助于家庭餐厅开发健康的家庭用餐环境和新策略，以吸引母亲和家庭顾客光顾家庭餐厅。例如，人际关系和个人内在的限制），并且这两种限制都使他们无法与家人外出就餐。预计这项研究的结果将有助于家庭餐厅开发健康的家庭用餐环境和新策略，以吸引母亲和家庭顾客光顾家庭餐厅。例如，人际关系和个人内在的限制），并且这两种限制都使他们无法与家人外出就餐。预计这项研究的结果将有助于家庭餐厅开发健康的家庭用餐环境和新策略，以吸引母亲和家庭顾客光顾家庭餐厅。