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Table 4 Correlation coefficients between the LBC scales and the criterion measures

From: Parental self-efficacy in childhood overweight: validation of the Lifestyle Behavior Checklist in the Netherlands

LBC scale

LBC Problem scale

LBC Confidence scale

Criterion scales

Unadjusted (rs)

Adjusted for parenting and demographics§

Unadjusted (rs)

Adjusted for parenting and demographics§

Nurturance

−0.23**

−0.20**

0.14*

0.04

Restrictiveness

0.14*

0.06

0.04

0.13*

Psychological control

0.19**

0.05

−0.22**

−0.18**

BMI z-score of child

0.21**

0.21**

−0.02

−0.06

BMI of mother

0.23**

0.18**

−0.06

−0.06

BMI of father

0.14*

0.16**

−0.02

−0.03

  1. Note *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01; r ≥ 0.10 small effect size, r ≥ 0.30 medium effect size, r ≥ 0.50 large effect size; partial r ≥ 0.20 small effect size,
  2. partial r ≥ 0.15 medium effect size, partial r ≥ 0.35 large effect size.
  3. § Adjusted for the other two parenting dimensions and demographics including educational status of both parents, employment status of both parents, maternal and paternal age, age of the child, BMI z-score of the child, and BMI of the father and the mother.