TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement equivalence of child feeding and eating measures across gender, ethnicity, and household food security
AU - Perez La Mar, Marisol
AU - Ohrt, Tara K.
AU - Bruening, Amanda B.
AU - Taylor, Aaron B.
AU - Liew, Jeffrey
AU - Kroon Van Diest, Ashley M.W.
AU - Ungredda, Tatianna
N1 - Funding Information:
The project described was supported by Award Number R03HD058734 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development or the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s).
PY - 2018/6/11
Y1 - 2018/6/11
N2 - 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 6years, 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.
AB - 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 6years, 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.
KW - Child eating behaviour questionnaire
KW - Child feeding
KW - Child feeding questionnaire
KW - Eating behaviors
KW - Food security
KW - Gender
KW - Hispanic
KW - Latino
KW - Measurement invariance
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U2 - 10.1186/s40608-018-0192-6
DO - 10.1186/s40608-018-0192-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048319530
SN - 2052-9538
VL - 5
JO - BMC Obesity
JF - BMC Obesity
IS - 1
M1 - 17
ER -