Parents’ and Children’s Categorization of Candy are Similar: A Card Sort Protocol
| Autor: | Julia A. Bleser, Holly A. Harris, Brandi Y. Rollins, Jennifer S. Savage |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine Pediatric Obesity media_common.quotation_subject Child Behavior 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Obesity risk lcsh:TX341-641 Recommended Dietary Allowances candy intake Article Literacy Developmental psychology Candy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine children medicine adults Humans Child media_common obesity prevention Obesity prevention Protocol (science) 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics card sort Age Factors parents Recognition Psychology Feeding Behavior medicine.disease Obesity sweet snacks Categorization Card sorting Child Preschool Female Energy Intake Psychology Nutritive Value lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Nutrients, Vol 11, Iss 10, p 2472 (2019) Nutrients Volume 11 Issue 10 |
| ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
| Popis: | American children frequently consume candy and, in excess, this may contribute to poor diets with attendant effects on obesity risk. Despite the ubiquity of candy in children&rsquo s diets, parental concern about children&rsquo s candy intake, and the diversity of confectionery products available, very little is known about how children and their parents conceptualize candy. Card sorting tasks offer a novel and visual technique to explore and compare an individuals&rsquo perceptions of foods and are useful where literacy is limited (e.g. young children). This study aimed to understand and compare how young school-aged children and parents categorize various candy products using a photo card sorting task. In individual laboratory sessions, children (n = 42, 5 to 8 years old) and parents (n = 35) categorized 51 types of candy based on their similarity. A cluster analysis showed that parents created more categories of candies than children (11 versus 8). For example, parents distinguished between candied fruit and candied nuts, whereas children tended to collapse these categories. However, 7 clusters were virtually identical between parents and children (93% similarity). The findings from this study can inform the measurement of candy intake and the development of education materials targeted towards parent feeding around candy. |
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