Intentions items | Factor 1 loadings | Factor 2 loadings | Factor 3 loadings | Factor 4 loadings |
---|---|---|---|---|
Authoritative parenting intentions | Active child involvement intentions | Controlling parenting intentions | Permissive parenting intentions | |
Authoritative parenting intentions: “In the next month I plan to…” | ||||
…encourage my child to try a couple of bites of a vegetable. | .846 | .150 | -.056 | .002 |
…tell my child eating vegetables will make them strong and healthy. | .805 | .134 | .059 | -.095 |
…tell my child that vegetables taste good. | .769 | .058 | .058 | -.017 |
…praise my child when I see them eat vegetables. | .688 | .107 | .002 | -.009 |
…set an example by eating vegetables myself. | .650 | .088 | -.056 | -.070 |
…give my child vegetables they like. | .628 | .302 | -.096 | .024 |
Active child involvement intentions: “In the next month I plan to…” | ||||
…ask my child to help with vegetable preparation. | .043 | .822 | -.036 | -.007 |
…ask my child to choose the vegetables for meals and snacks. | .090 | .810 | -.009 | .065 |
…ask my child to help select vegetables at the grocery store. | .204 | .785 | -.042 | .142 |
…allow my child to serve themselves vegetables. | .122 | .684 | -.111 | .291 |
…make eating vegetables fun, like cutting into shapes. | .116 | .675 | .214 | -.036 |
…buy vegetables for snacks instead of cookies, chips and candy. | .319 | .604 | .054 | -.105 |
Controlling parenting intentions: “In the next month I plan to…” | ||||
…keep my child from going to play if they don’t eat their vegetables. | -.009 | -.112 | .813 | .009 |
…insist my child sit at the table until they eat their vegetables. | .024 | .041 | .747 | -.044 |
…tell my child how much effort it took to make the vegetables | -.035 | .094 | .720 | .111 |
…beg my child to eat their vegetables. | -.122 | -.103 | .569 | .192 |
…tell my child that their favorite cartoon characters eat vegetables. | .205 | .196 | .452 | .099 |
Permissive parenting intentions: “In the next month I plan to…” | ||||
…let my child eat when they want to eat. | -.027 | .039 | .018 | .809 |
…make something different if my child does not like what was served. | -.040 | .093 | .162 | .779 |
Eigenvalue | 5.06 | 3.08 | 2.24 | 1.40 |
Variance explained | 24.1% | 14.6% | 10.7% | 6.7% |
Pearson correlation | ||||
Authoritative parenting intentions | 0.367*** | 0.007 | −0.071 | |
Active child involvement intentions | 0.066 | 0.141* | ||
Controlling parenting intentions | 0.202*** | |||
Permissive parenting intentions | ||||
Model fit indices from a four factor confirmatory factor analysis | ||||
X 2 | 342.938 | |||
df | 140 | |||
p | <0.001 | |||
RMSEA | 0.069 | |||
SRMR | 0.108 | |||
CFI | 0.979 | |||
TLI | 0.974 | |||
Items not included in a final solution: “In the next month I plan to…” | ||||
…schedule meals for my child. | .379 | .399 | .128 | -.138 |
…offer my child something to eat to stop a temper tantrum. | -.184 | .039 | .480 | .611 |