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Dimensions of Nutrition Knowledge Among Preadolescent Girls
Author(s) -
Moxley Robert L.,
Wimberley Ronald C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8201100108
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , contrast (vision) , developmental psychology , psychology , test (biology) , knowledge level , curse of dimensionality , mathematics education , mathematics , statistics , computer science , biology , artificial intelligence , paleontology
This report examines the underlying dimensionality of a nutrition knowledge test for preadolescent girls. Two hundred and six nine‐year‐old girls were given the items. In contrast to the manner in which nutrition knowledge has previously been measured in research, analysis of the results indicates that their nutrition knowledge is multidimen sional. One of the dimensions is conceptualized as “differentiated eating” and the other as “vitamin importance.” Further analytic work should be enhanced using a mul tidimensional perspective on nutrition knowledge rather than the less precise approach of assuming that such knowledge is monolithic.