Measurement equivalence of child feeding and eating measures across gender, ethnicity, and household food security.

Autor: Perez M; 1Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 950 S McAllister Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104 USA., Ohrt TK; 1Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 950 S McAllister Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104 USA., Bruening AB; 1Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 950 S McAllister Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104 USA., Taylor AB; 4Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4235 USA., Liew J; 2Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4225 USA., Kroon Van Diest AMW; 3Nationwide Children's Hospital Department of Pediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology, The Ohio State University Department of Pediatrics, Cleveland, OH 44195 USA., Ungredda T; 4Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4235 USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC obesity [BMC Obes] 2018 Jun 11; Vol. 5, pp. 17. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jun 11 (Print Publication: 2018).
DOI: 10.1186/s40608-018-0192-6
Abstrakt: Background: Although there have been extensive studies that make group comparisons on child eating and feeding practices, few studies have examined measurement equivalence to ensure that measures used to make such group comparisons are equivalent across important group characteristics related to childhood obesity.
Methods: Using a sample of 243 caregivers with children between the ages of 4 to 6 years, we conducted a measurement equivalence analysis across gender, ethnicity (Latino versus non-Latino White), and household food security. The subscales of the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) and the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) were examined separately using a one factor multi-group confirmatory factor analysis.
Results: For the CFQ, Concern about Child Weight and Parental Responsibility subscales were consistent across all groups examined. In contrast, Pressure to Eat, Restriction, and Perceived Parent Weight subscales varied or fit poorly across the groups. For the CEBQ, Emotional Overeating, Enjoyment of Food, and Satiety Responsiveness performed consistently across the groups. On the other hand, Food Fussiness, Desire to Drink, Slowness in Eating, and Emotional Undereating subscales varied or fit poorly across the groups.
Conclusions: Findings from this study suggest both of these measures need continued psychometric work, and group comparisons using some subscales should be interpreted cautiously. Some subscales such as Food Responsiveness and Parental Restriction may be assessing behaviors that occur in food secure households and are less applicable to food insecure environments.
Competing Interests: This study was approved by Texas A&M University Institutional Review Board. Caregivers provided written consent to participate in the study.The authors declare that they have no competing interests.Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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