Table 4 Final measurement model of parenting practices that discourage Latino preschool children to be physically active and item characteristics (mean; standard deviation; skewness; corrected item-scale correlation; standardized loading)

Allow your child to watch TV for long periods of time?

Allow your child to play a lot of videogames?

Keep your child occupied by letting him/her watch TV?

Carry your child because he/she does not want to walk?

Drive your child, when it was easy to walk?

Push your child in a stroller instead of letting him/her walk?

Not let your child play actively for fear of him/her getting dirty?

Tell your child he/she is not good enough at sports or active games?

Tell your child he/she will get hurt if he/she plays actively?

Discipline your child for being too active?

Reward your child for being still?

Not let your child play outside because you are worried about traffic?

Not let your child play outside because you are worried about crime?

Not let your child play outside because you are worried about strangers?

Let your child go outside to play around your home?

Dropped items

Not let your child play outside

Keep your child occupied with quiet activities (such as board games and reading)?

Keep your child inside your home all day?

Model fit indices (Well fitting model)

Satorra-Bentler scaled χ² (df = 88)

CFI

RMSEA (95% CI)

SRMR