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Table 12 Items and factor loadings from an exploratory four factor solution of intentions toward use of vegetable parenting practices and confirmatory factory analysis model fit criteria

From: Psychometric assessment of scales for a Model of Goal Directed Vegetable Parenting Practices (MGDVPP)

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

  1. Legend: Response Scale: 1 = Disagree, 2 = Neither Agree nor Disagree, 3 = Agree; for the Pearson correlations between subscales: * = p < 0.05, *** = p < 0.001.