Table 2.
FHC-NU – factors and item parameters for study 1 and study 2
|
Factor |
Item* |
Sample |
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Study 1 – sample I (n = 389) |
Study 1 – sample II (n = 398) |
Study 2 (n = 210) |
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| In our family… | M (SD) | r it | a | M (SD) | r it | a 1 | M (SD) | r it | a 1 | ||
| Value |
[1] |
…a healthy diet plays an important role in our lives. |
1.92 (.78) |
.71 |
.74 |
2.01 (.73) |
.69 |
.76 |
2.22 (.74) |
.64 |
.75 |
| α1-I = .90 |
[2] |
…we naturally pay attention to eating healthfully. |
1.86 (.76) |
.80 |
.78 |
1.93 (.73) |
.74 |
.81 |
2.10 (.71) |
.70 |
.79 |
| α1-II = .88 |
[3] |
…we routinely eat healthfully. |
1.93 (.78) |
.76 |
.71 |
1.99 (.70) |
.76 |
.83 |
2.22 (.65) |
.67 |
.75 |
| α2 = .84 |
[4] |
…it is normal to choose healthful foods. |
1.95 (.78) |
.80 |
.80 |
1.98 (.70) |
.73 |
.80 |
2.30 (.67) |
.70 |
.76 |
| Communication |
[1] |
…we are interested in articles (e.g. in magazines) on healthful nutrition. |
1.43 (.85) |
.63 |
.71 |
1.51 (.84) |
.62 |
.66 |
1.55 (.92) |
.56 |
.63 |
| α1-I = .86 |
[2] |
…we remind each other to pay attention to a healthful diet. |
1.65 (.81) |
.66 |
.69 |
1.76 (.78) |
.71 |
.78 |
1.73 (.83) |
.66 |
.75 |
| α1-II = .86 |
[3] |
…we talk about which foods are healthful. |
1.84 (.84) |
.67 |
.63 |
1.95 (.79) |
.66 |
.75 |
2.35 (.78) |
.55 |
.63 |
| α2 = .82 |
[4] |
…we support each other to refrain from unhealthful things. |
1.61 (.74) |
.61 |
.58 |
1.63 (.75) |
.65 |
.71 |
1.82 (.82) |
.55 |
.64 |
| |
[5] |
…we talk about how to eat healthfully. |
1.69 (.85) |
.78 |
.93 |
1.73 (.81) |
.75 |
.81 |
1.89 (.83) |
.72 |
.81 |
| Cohesion |
[1] |
…we appreciate spending time together during meals. |
2.46 (.66) |
.71 |
.75 |
2.47 (.66) |
.73 |
.79 |
2.65 (.55) |
.75 |
.85 |
| α1-I = .89 |
[2] |
…everybody enjoys having meals together. |
2.42 (.71) |
.71 |
.74 |
2.44 (.64) |
.72 |
.78 |
2.63 (.57) |
.64 |
.66 |
| α1-II = .89 |
[3] |
…eating together is a part of our daily family life. |
2.30 (.76) |
.78 |
.82 |
2.36 (.73) |
.77 |
.83 |
2.64 (.62) |
.61 |
.65 |
| α2 = .87 |
[4] |
…we enjoy meals most when we sit at the same table. |
2.36 (.73) |
.74 |
.80 |
2.39 (.72) |
.72 |
.76 |
2.63 (.58) |
.72 |
.81 |
| |
[5] |
…we try to eat together as often as possible. |
2.38 (.75) |
.70 |
.77 |
2.42 (.73) |
.73 |
.76 |
2.68 (.56) |
.75 |
.82 |
| Consensus |
[1] |
…we rarely argue about food- or diet-related matters. |
1.99 (.86) |
.48 |
.62 |
2.03 (.90) |
.41 |
.44 |
1.90 (.97) |
.33 |
.39 |
| α1-I = .74 |
[2] |
…we agree on diet and nutrition. |
1.90 (.79) |
.62 |
.62 |
1.88 (.76) |
.63 |
.88 |
1.95 (.77) |
.61 |
.89 |
| α1-II = .73 |
[3] |
…we usually agree on meals and food choices. |
1.88 (.77) |
.61 |
.65 |
1.93 (.75) |
.65 |
.81 |
1.97 (.84) |
.54 |
.74 |
| α2 = .67 | |||||||||||
M – means, SD – standard deviations, rit – corrected item-scale correlations, a – factor loadings of EFA, a1– factor loadings of CFA.
*The German version of the FHC-Scale is shown in Additional file 2.