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. 2014 Mar 5;11:30. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-30

Table 2.

FHC-NU – factors and item parameters for study 1 and study 2

Factor
Item*
Sample
 
 
 
Study 1 – sample I (n = 389)
Study 1 – sample II (n = 398)
Study 2 (n = 210)
    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.