Fathers’ perceived role, self-efficacy and support needs in promoting positive nutrition and physical activity in the first 2000 days of life: a mixed methods study

Table 1 Survey Domains and Scales

Domain	Scale	Subscales	Items	Response Options	Cronbach’s alpha -Validation¹	Cronbach’s alpha -Current²	Test- retest reliability
Role beliefs	Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler scale	1.Role activity beliefs - Physical activity	4	5-point Likert scale – strongly disagree [1] to strongly agree [5].	0.80	0.78	0.71
		2.Role activity beliefs - Nutrition	4		0.80	0.78
		3. Partnership focused beliefs	4		0.85	0.66
Self- efficacy	INFANT	1.Promote healthy eating	8	5 - point Likert scale - not at all confident [1] to extremely confident [5]	0.81	0.73	0.79
		2.Limit unhealthy eating	3		0.86	0.72
		3.Promoting positive physical activity	6		0.84	0.78
		4.Limit sedentary behaviour / device use	3		0.86	0.65
Supports	Physical Activity and Social Support Scale (PASSS)	1.Supports – Physical Activity	11	5 - point Likert scale - not at all beneficial [1] to very beneficial [5].	0.90	0.74	0.70
Supports	Physical Activity and Social Support Scale (PASSS)	2.Supports – Nutrition	11			0.68	0.70

¹ Subscale internal reliability of original scale; ² Subscale internal reliability in current study

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