Table 3.
Final model predicting ineffective vegetable parenting practices using block regression analyses with demographics and scales from a model of goal-directed self-determined vegetable parenting practices
| Parameter estimates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | se | P value | |
| Child age | 0·047 | 0·179 | 0·311 |
| Child gender | −0·018 | 0·293 | 0·702 |
| Parent gender | −0·003 | 0·459 | 0·948 |
| Education | |||
| 6th grade or less | −0·015 | 2·490 | 0·746 |
| Attended some high school | 0·016 | 2·532 | 0·724 |
| High-school graduate or GED | 0·033 | 0·595 | 0·550 |
| Technical school | −0·145 | 0·811 | 0·003 |
| Some college | −0·051 | 0·432 | 0·370 |
| College graduate | −0·022 | 0·369 | 0·694 |
| Reference group: Postgraduate | – | – | – |
| Family income | |||
| <$US 10 000 | −0·032 | 0·781 | 0·497 |
| $US 10 000–19 000 | −0·022 | 0·694 | 0·662 |
| $US 20 000–39 000 | −0·020 | 0·446 | 0·710 |
| $US 40 000–59 000 | −0·020 | 0·389 | 0·679 |
| Reference group: ≥$US 60 000 | – | – | – |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Black/African-American | 0·039 | 0·448 | 0·493 |
| Hispanic/Latino | −0·055 | 0·527 | 0·283 |
| Other | −0·095 | 0·366 | 0·084 |
| Reference group: White | – | – | – |
| Habit of controlling vegetable practices | 0·349 | 0·081 | <0·0001 |
| Desire | 0·117 | 0·071 | 0·025 |
| Perceived behavioural control of negative parenting practices | −0·215 | 0·096 | 0·000 |
| Habit of active child involvement in vegetable selection | −0·142 | 0·055 | 0·008 |
| Negative parent emotional response to child vegetable refusal | −0·133 | 0·041 | 0·009 |
| Autonomy | −0·118 | 0·141 | 0·014 |
| Negative outcome effects (attitudes) of vegetables | −0·118 | 0·087 | 0·015 |
| Descriptive norms | −0·103 | 0·185 | 0·032 |
| Adjusted R 2 | 0·405 | ||
β, standardized estimate; GED, General Educational Development.