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Table 14 Means, standard deviations, ranges, number of items, Cronbach’s alphas and correlations for subscales from a Model of Goal Directed Vegetable Parenting Practices (MGDVPP)

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

MGDVPP scales

MGDVPP subscales

Means

SD

Ranges

Number of Items

Cronbach’s alphas

Average interitem correlation

Pearson correlations

Effective vegetable parenting practices

Ineffective Vegetable parenting practices

Attitudes

Health benefits of vegetables

16.14

2.03

9 - 18

6

0.72

0.31

−0.08

−0.14*

 

Negative effects of vegetables

7.42

1.73

6 - 15

6

0.66

0.25

0.08

−0.16**

 

Benefits of vegetables other than Health

11.58

0.94

7 - 12

4

0.66

0.36

−0.07

−0.02

Norms

Descriptive norms

3.86

0.83

2-6

2

0.13

0.07

−0.10

−0.15**

 

Normative expectations

11.86

5.17

1-18

2

0.71

0.55

−0.08

−0.29***

Perceived

Control of positive influences on vegetable consumption

34.46

4.37

17 - 39

13

0.85

0.32

−0.37***

0.002

Behavioral

Control of negative influences on vegetable consumption

16.93

4.29

11 - 32

11

0.82

0.31

0.05

−0.26***

Control

Control of negative parenting practices

7.55

1.80

4 - 12

4

0.54

0.22

−0.06

−0.45***

Anticipated Emotions

Positive parent emotional response to child vegetable refusal

9.69

2.84

8 - 23

8

0.92

0.58

−0.08

0.04

Negative parent emotional response to child vegetable acceptance

4.82

1.50

4 - 11

4

0.83

0.62

0.02

−0.04

 

Negative parent emotional response to child vegetable refusal

17.90

3.87

8 - 24

8

0.79

0.32

0.13*

−0.35***

 

Positive parent emotional response to child vegetable acceptance

11.38

1.17

4 - 12

4

0.66

0.41

−0.05

−0.2***

Habit

Habit of active child involvement in vegetable selection

10.98

3.04

6 - 18

6

0.83

0.45

0.6***

−0.1

 

Habit of controlling vegetable practices

11.80

2.13

5 - 15

5

0.68

0.31

0.11

0.51***

 

Habit of positive vegetable environment

3.59

0.95

3 - 8

3

0.67

0.43

0.44***

−0.12*

 

Habit of positive vegetable communications

6.92

1.74

5 - 13

5

0.60

0.27

0.44***

0.08

Competence/Self Efficacy

Advanced vegetable parenting self efficacy

19.27

3.87

8 - 24

8

0.85

0.41

−0.38***

0.08

Preliminary vegetable parenting self efficacy

27.99

2.50

19 - 30

10

0.76

0.27

−0.28***

0.1

Relatedness

Parent values

7.72

2.16

4 - 12

4

0.81

0.52

−0.13*

−0.21***

 

Child wellness

8.26

1.15

3 - 9

3

0.61

0.36

−0.08

−0.11

Autonomy

Choice

7.92

1.06

4 - 9

3

0.31

0.17

−0.23***

−0.05

Perceived Barriers

Child doesn’t like vegetables

14.69

4.88

8 - 24

8

0.88

0.49

−0.35***

0.2***

Respondent doesn’t iike vegetables

11.14

3.30

9 - 26

9

0.85

0.42

0.39***

−0.24***

 

Cost of vegetables

7.53

2.34

5 - 15

5

0.67

0.30

0.32***

−0.22***

Desire

Desire

9.01

2.27

4 - 12

4

0.78

0.46

0.23***

−0.23***

Intentions

Authoritative parenting intentions

17.50

1.31

11 - 18

6

0.83

0.47

−0.14*

0.03

 

Active child involvement intentions

16.05

2.41

6 - 18

6

0.84

0.48

−0.33***

0.12*

 

Controlling parenting Intentions

9.54

2.59

5 - 15

5

0.71

0.33

−0.01

−0.49***

 

Permissive parenting intentions

3.66

1.28

2 - 6

2

0.61

0.44

0.01

−0.18**

  1. Legend: * < .05, ** < .01, *** < .001; Response Scale: 1 = Disagree, 2 = Neither Agree nor Disagree, 3 = Agree.
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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