Maternal feeding behaviour and young children's dietary quality: A cross-sectional study of socially disadvantaged mothers of two-year old children using the Theory of Planned Behaviour

Table 4 Regression analyses predicting mothers' a) actual frequency and b) recommended frequency of behaviour for 'Providing breakfast', 'Cooking from Scratch' and 'Having a proper 'sit-down' meal'

Breakfast ¹	B	SE B	Β	95% CI for B	p =
*a) Actual frequency (log)*
INT	-.04	.01	-.32	-.06 to -.03	.0001
PBC-C	-.11	.02	-.35	-.15 to -.07	.0001
PBC-SE	.14	.03	.36	.09 to .19	.0001
Model Adj R² = .19, F(3,296) = 23.65, p < 0.0001
*b) Recommended frequency*
INT	.39	.03	.68	.34 to .45	.0001
PBC-C	.12	.07	.09	-.01 to .26	.07
PBC- SE	-.04	.09	-.02	-.21 to .13	.65
Model Adj R² = .49, F(3,296) = 96.30, p < 0.0001
*Cooking from scratch* *a) Actual frequency*	B	*SE B*	Β	*95% CI for B*	p =
INT	.93	.04	.76	.85 to 1.03	.0001
PBC-C	.02	.09	.01	-.15 to .20	.83
PBC-SE	.27	.08	-.13	.11 to .43	0.001
Model Adj R² = .66, F(3,296) = 193.63, p < 0.0001
*b) Recommended frequency*
*Int*	.37	.03	.55	.31 to .43	.0001
*PBC-C*	-.05	.06	-.04	-.17 to .07	.41
*PBC- SE*	.30	.06	.27	.31 to .43	.0001
Model Adj R² = .44, F(3,296) = 78.2, p < 0.0001
*Sit down meal*	B	*SE B*	Β	*95% CI for B*	p =
*a) Actual frequency*
INT	1.03	.06	.76	.92 to 1.15	.0001
PBC-C	-.05	.16	.02	-.28 to -.18	.64
PBC-SE	.20	.14	.07	.07 to .47	.15
Model Adj R² = .62, F(3,296) = 161.5, p > 0.0001
*b) Recommended frequency*
Int	.44	.02	.73	.40 to .48	.0001
PBC-C	.01	.04	.01	-.07 to .09	.81
PBC- SE	.27	.05	.20	.17 to .37	.0001
Model Adj R² = .74, F(3,296) = 283.4, p > 0.0001

¹Transformation (log) reduced overall skewness in the 'breakfast' actual frequency variable, but since the transformed variable remained skewed we also dichotomised this into 2 categories, 'every day' and 'less than every day', and carried out a logistic regression using the same predictors as a check. The model was significant, Chi Square = 45.71, p < 0.0001; Nagelkerke R² = .22, with all predictors being highly significant using the Wald test (all p < 0.0001).

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