Eating behaviour patterns in Chinese children aged 12-18 months and association with relative weight - factorial validation of the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire

Table 3 Factor reliability of the CEBQ (N = 219)

	Cronbach's alpha	Average item-total correlation (range)
Slowness in eating	0.71	0.48(0.43-0.66)
Emotional undereating	0.60	0.33(0.30-0.46)
Food fussiness	0.71	0.53(0.49-0.57)
Food responsiveness 1*	0.52	0.35(0.35-0.35)
Desire to drink	0.80	0.65(0.59-0.68)
Emotional overeating	0.69	0.50(0.44-0.55)
Food responsiveness 2**	0.55	0.38(0,38-0.38)

* contains item 28 and 34; **contains item 12 and 19; item numbers refer to table 1

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