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Table 6 Internal reliability, means, standard deviation and factor-factor correlations of 6 solid-feeding practices (based on 34 items, FPSQ-S; Sample 1, n = 463)

From: The Feeding Practices and Structure Questionnaire: development and validation of age appropriate versions for infants and toddlers

 

Demand

4 items

Food to calm

6 items

Persuasive feeding

7 items

Parent-led feeding

4 items

Family meal environment

4 items

Using (non-) food rewards

9 items

Cronbach’s alpha

.740

.858

.853

.836

.805

.918

Coefficient H

.838

.936

.890

.891

.878

.979

Mean ± SD

3.33 ± 0.77

0 missing

1.80 ± 0.66

40 missing

2.64 ± 0.83

40 missing

2.06 ± 0.86

20 missing

3.74 ± 0.82

1 missing

1.56 ± 0.75

86 missinga

Food to calm

−0.135 (0.011)

1

    

Persuasive feeding

0.359 (<.001)

0.361 (<.001)

1

   

Parent-led feeding

0.440 (<.001)

0.218 (<.001)

0.613 (<.001)

1

  

Family meal setting

−0.08 (0.110)

− 0.029 (0.603)

− 0.107 (0.040)

−0.248 (<.001)

1

 

Using (non-) food rewards

0.096 (0.112)

0.560 (<.001)

0.590 (<.001)

0.396 (<.001)

0.129 (0.051)

1

  1. aThis is largely due to the “not applicable” response option, which was coded ‘missing’ for analysis