Perceived Barrier Items | Factor 1 loadings | Factor 2 loadings | Factor 3 loadings |
---|---|---|---|
Child doesn’t like vegetables | Respondent doesn’t like vegetables | Cost of vegetables | |
Child doesn’t like vegetables | |||
Getting my child to eat vegetables at meals is difficult. | .846 | .189 | .043 |
My child doesn’t like the taste of vegetables. | .786 | .131 | .073 |
My child does not like the texture of vegetables. | .781 | .180 | .029 |
My child prefers other foods over vegetables. | .732 | -.001 | .117 |
My child is a picky eater. | .697 | .042 | .153 |
My child doesn’t eat vegetables as snacks. | .649 | .088 | .300 |
It is hard to find vegetables my child likes in stores. | .646 | .169 | .035 |
It is hard to find vegetables my child likes at restaurants or fast food places. | .614 | .144 | .165 |
Respondent doesn’t like vegetables | |||
I don’t like vegetables myself. | .027 | .804 | .108 |
No one in my family eats vegetables. | .038 | .801 | .158 |
I don’t like the taste of vegetables. | .049 | .796 | .038 |
I don’t know how to cook vegetables. | .251 | .651 | .175 |
I don’t like to cook vegetables. | .147 | .645 | .362 |
It is difficult to find recipes for vegetables. | .345 | .580 | .060 |
I don’t usually have vegetables at home. | .236 | .559 | .250 |
I usually forget to serve vegetables to my child. | .212 | .533 | .367 |
It is not important that my child eats vegetables. | -.024 | .502 | .032 |
Cost of vegetables | |||
Fresh vegetables spoil too fast. | .050 | .028 | .716 |
I only have a small amount to spend on vegetables. | -.029 | .268 | .653 |
Vegetables are expensive. | .123 | .126 | .589 |
I usually don’t buy fresh vegetables. | .152 | .341 | .502 |
It takes too long to make a vegetable snack when my child is hungry. | .356 | .163 | .482 |
Eigenvalue | 8.378 | 3.107 | 1.560 |
Variance explained | 32.2% | 11.9% | 6.0% |
Pearson correlation | |||
Child doesn’t like vegetables | 0.391*** | 0.382*** | |
Respondent doesn’t like vegetables | 0.506*** | ||
Cost of vegetables | |||
Model fit indices from a three factor confirmatory factor analysis | |||
X 2 | 390.106 | ||
df | 206 | ||
p | <0.001 | ||
RMSEA | 0.054 | ||
SRMR | 0.09 | ||
CFI | 0.964 | ||
TLI | 0.96 | ||
Items not included in a final solution | |||
Vegetables do not fill my child up. | .237 | .255 | .278 |
I usually don’t serve vegetables for snacks. | .486 | .057 | .482 |
I don’t have time to prepare vegetables. | .190 | .537 | .475 |
I don’t know how to prepare vegetables so that everyone in the family will eat them. | .406 | .504 | .298 |