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Caregiver’s feeding styles questionnaire ő new factors and correlates (808.4)
Author(s) -
Kimble Ashley,
HubbsTait Laura,
Hayes Jenna,
SigmanGrant Madeleine,
Jahns Lisa,
Dickin Katherine,
Idris Rafida,
Mobley Amy
Publication year - 2014
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.28.1_supplement.808.4
Subject(s) - psychology , exploratory factor analysis , overweight , developmental psychology , perception , ethnic group , promotion (chess) , child obesity , obesity , clinical psychology , social psychology , childhood obesity , medicine , psychometrics , neuroscience , sociology , politics , anthropology , political science , law
Study objectives were to conduct exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of Caregiver’s Feeding Styles Questionnaire (CFSQ) and evaluate correlations between factors and maternal feeding practices, attitudes, and perceptions. Mothers ( N = 144) were 43% minority race/ethnicity, 24% full‐time employed, 54% married, and 100% low income; children were < age 6 (51% male). EFA and reliability analyses revealed a 3‐factor solution: an 8‐item “extrinsic motivation” factor (α = .86) that included food and non‐food rewards and removing food and non‐food items; a 3‐item “positive food talk” factor (α = .66) that included asking questions about food, complimenting the child about eating, and making positive comments; and a 4‐item “feeding power assertion” (α = .68) factor that included physically struggling with child, spoonfeeding, and telling child to hurry. “Feeding power assertion” was correlated with concern about overweight, r = .25; perception of child weight, r = ‐.19; and modeling healthy eating, r = ‐.22; all p s < .05. “Extrinsic motivation” was related only to perception of child weight, r = ‐.27, p =.001. “Positive food talk” was related to overt and covert control, r = .31 and .20, and modeling of healthy eating, r = .18, all p s < .05. Results support previous findings on CFSQ and extend them by identifying the promotion of positive parent‐child conversations about feeding as a potential target for child obesity prevention.