Table IV.

The Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficients Between Scores on the Three BPFAS Factors and Outcome Variables of Interest

	Food acceptance	Medical/oral motor	Mealtime behavior
CBCL Internalizing total raw score	0.27	0.44	0.47
CBCL Externalizing total raw score	0.20	0.34	0.48
SRS Total raw score	0.20	0.28	0.34
ADOS severity metric	0.04	−0.06	−.10
RBS-R overall total	0.26	0.32	0.40
M-P-R Developmental Index raw score	−0.04	−0.02	0.12
PLS-4 Total language standard score	−0.09	0.02	0.05
VABS-II Adaptive Behavior Composite	−0.22	−0.11	−0.05
CSHQ Total raw score	0.19	0.27	0.35
PSI-SF Total stress score	0.17	0.33	0.38
BPFAS age at completion	0.05	0.00	0.19

Note. ADOS = Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist, SRS = Social Responsiveness Scale, RBS-R = Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised, M-P-R = Merrill-Palmer-Revised, PLS-4 = Preschool Language Scale, Fourth Edition, VABS-II = Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Second Edition, CSHQ = Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire, PSI-SF = Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, BPFAS = Behavioral Pediatric Feeding Assessment Scale.

r = .10–.29 indicates small effect size.

r = .30–.49 indicates a medium effect size.

r > .50 indicates a large effect size (Cohen, 1992).