Table 5 Items and factor loadings from an exploratory four factor solution of anticipated emotions toward use of vegetable parenting practices and confirmatory factor analysis model fit criteria
Anticipated emotions items | Factor 1 loadings | Factor 2 loadings | Factor 3 loadings | Factor 4 loadings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative child behavior with positive parent emotional response | Positive child behavior with negative parent emotional response | Negative child behavior with negative parent emotional response | Positive child behavior with positive parent emotional response | |
Positive parent emotional response to child vegetable refusal : “If I served my child a new vegetable and they refused to eat it, I would feel…” | ||||
…happy. | .800 | .109 | -.147 | .010 |
…excited. | .776 | .104 | -.093 | .096 |
…proud. | .721 | .103 | -.176 | .005 |
…upset. | .559 | .172 | .286 | -.322 |
“If I served my child a new vegetable that they liked, and they refused to eat it, I would feel…” | ||||
…excited. | .774 | .312 | -.136 | .066 |
…happy. | .770 | .313 | -.192 | .047 |
…proud. | .763 | .290 | -.175 | .060 |
…pleased. | .735 | .314 | -.161 | .036 |
Negative parent emotional response to child vegetable acceptance: “If I served my child a vegetable that I knew they disliked, and they ate it, I would feel…” | ||||
…upset. | .284 | .806 | .079 | -.083 |
…frustrated. | .350 | .739 | .063 | .028 |
…disappointed. | .283 | .730 | .086 | -.023 |
…concerned. | .150 | .702 | .153 | .030 |
Negative parent emotional response to child vegetable refusal: “If I served my child a new vegetable and they refused to eat it, I would feel…” | ||||
…frustrated. | -.096 | .011 | .707 | .028 |
…upset. | .031 | .143 | .655 | .076 |
…concerned. | .047 | .133 | .513 | .228 |
…disappointed. | -.254 | .007 | .513 | .164 |
“If I served my child a vegetable that they liked, and they refused to eat it, I would feel…” | ||||
…upset. | .024 | .124 | .681 | .065 |
…frustrated. | -.210 | -.037 | .630 | -.054 |
…disappointed. | -.196 | -.027 | .566 | .168 |
…concerned. | .010 | -.073 | .433 | .116 |
Positive parent emotional response to child vegetable acceptance: “If I served my child a new vegetable and they ate it, I would feel…” | ||||
…happy. | -.038 | .029 | .137 | .692 |
…excited. | -.056 | .077 | .169 | .689 |
…proud. | -.052 | .067 | .100 | .551 |
“If I served my child a vegetable that I knew they disliked, and they ate it, I would feel…proud.” | .089 | -.350 | .259 | .594 |
Eigenvalue | 7.755 | 4.004 | 3.096 | 1.880 |
Variance explained | 24.2% | 12.5% | 9.7% | 5.9% |
Pearson correlation | ||||
Positive parent emotional response to child vegetable refusal | 0.444*** | −0.178** | −0.094 | |
Negative parent emotional response to child vegetable acceptance | 0.069 | −0.100 | ||
Negative parent emotional response to child vegetable refusal | 0.271*** | |||
Positive parent emotional response to child vegetable acceptance | ||||
Model fit indices from a four factor confirmatory factor analysis | ||||
X 2 | 699.692 | |||
df | 235 | |||
p | <0.001 | |||
RMSEA | 0.08 | |||
SRMR | 0.113 | |||
CFI | 0.988 | |||
TLI | 0.986 | |||
Items not included in a final solution | ||||
“If I served my child a new vegetable and they ate it, I would feel…” | ||||
…pleased. | -.468 | .110 | -.107 | .246 |
…disappointed. | .516 | .027 | .185 | -.431 |
…frustrated. | .510 | .152 | .261 | -.425 |
…concerned. | .288 | .371 | .150 | -.044 |
“If I served my child a new vegetable and they refused to eat it, I would feel…pleased.” | .729 | .032 | -.108 | -.011 |
“If I served my child a vegetable that I knew they disliked, and they ate it, I would feel…” | ||||
…happy. | .103 | -.438 | .253 | .576 |
…excited. | .136 | -.436 | .319 | .505 |
…pleased. | .017 | -.558 | .150 | .527 |