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Assessment of parent and child perceptions of rules and expectations regarding beverage intake
Author(s) -
RothYousey Lori,
Asche Kim,
Schroeder Mary,
Reicks Marla
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.44.2
Subject(s) - psychology , orange juice , limiting , meal , environmental health , medicine , food science , chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Beverage consumption patterns of children influenced weight outcomes in previous studies. Two evaluation instruments were tested in parent‐child dyads (n=79) to assess perceptions of rules and expectations regarding beverage intake. Child (n=28) and parent statements (n=26) were constructed and children (mean age 11.5 years, 53% boys, 81% white) and parents (91% 31–50 year age range, 81% women, 91% white) separately rated their agreement with statements on a 5‐point scale. Principal components analysis resulted in 5 child scales and 6 parent scales. Child scales included meal‐ (4 items, α=.80) and beverage‐specific rules (sweetened beverages, 4 items, α=.88; milk, 2 items, α=.78), parent communication (3 items, α=.74), offering choices by permission (3 items, α=.74) or availability (3 items, α=.53). Parent scales included permissiveness (2 items, α=.70), limiting sweetened beverage intake (5 items, α=.86), encouraging milk intake (5 items, α=.78), role modeling (3 items, α=.73), and family member influences (3 items, α=.66). Correlations with parent and child intake of milk, soft drinks, fruit drinks and orange juice, as measured by a food frequency questionnaire, confirmed that the scales were measuring parent or child constructs related to beverage intake. These instruments can be used to evaluate post‐intervention changes in rules/expectations for beverage intake in parents and children.