Table 3.
Rotated component matrix.
| Variables | Component | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Cooking activities enhance home livelihood/gorgeousness (TF) | 0.818 | |||
| Find enjoyment (TF) | 0.815 | |||
| Ask for traditional food on special occasions (TF) | 0.811 | |||
| Improves concentration and reduce stress (TF) | 0.806 | |||
| Creates a space for conversation (FT) | 0.798 | |||
| Creates bonds (strengthen relationships by encouraging a sense of trust, belongingness, and closeness) (FT) | 0.781 | |||
| Like family recipes (TF) | 0.753 | |||
| Like family food ingredients (TF) | 0.750 | |||
| Prefer homemade food (TF) | 0.739 | |||
| Prefer traditional foods (TF) | 0.739 | |||
| Like home food flavors (TF) | 0.717 | |||
| Tastes good (FC) | 0.470 | |||
| Through dinning and cooking, I feel connected with my family. (FT) | 0.811 | |||
| Cooking and dinning traditions are an important part of my family. (FT) | 0.798 | |||
| Dining together is a way to bring people together. (FT) | 0.766 | |||
| Cooking and dining traditions are an important part of my culture. (TF) | 0.722 | |||
| I feel satisfied when I eat at home. (FT) | 0.720 | |||
| Dinning and cooking improve the quality of relationships. (FT) | 0.675 | |||
| Enhances well-being (FT) | 0.622 | |||
| Dining together is not a waste of time. (TF) | 0.862 | |||
| I do not feel stressed when I eat at home. (TF) | 0.855 | |||
| Cooking and dining affected my cultural identity development. (FT) | 0.879 | |||
| Cooking and dining together affected my family relationships. (FT) | 0.873 | |||
Extraction method: principal component analysis. Rotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalization. Rotation converged in 6 iterations. Note: Each item is followed by an abbreviation indicating the scale: TF—traditional food; FC—food choices; FT—family ties.