Table 2.

Factor structure of the Restriction scale of the food-related practices items of the Child-care Food and Activity Parenting Questionnaire (CFAPQ), percentage of variance accounted for by each factor and reliability estimates

Food-related practices items: Restriction	Factor 1	Factor 2	Forced to one factor
If I did not guide or regulate the children’s eating, they would eat too many junk foods		0·71	0·58
I have to be sure that the children do not eat too much of their favourite products	0·38	0·52	0·71
I have to be sure that the children do not eat too many sweets (for example, candy, ice cream, cookies or pastries)	0·72		0·65
I have to be sure that the children do not eat too many high-fat foods (for example, cheese, sausage, cookies)	0·75		0·47
If a child eats more than usual at a one meal, I try to restrict his/her eating at the next meal		0·78	0·43
If I did not guide or regulate the children’s eating, they would eat too much of their favourite foods	0·63		0·62
Percentage of variance accounted for	34·01	19·25	34·01
Cronbach’s α coefficient			0·60
Average corrected item–total correlation			0·34
Range corrected item-total correlation			0·23–0·44
Mean			3·37
sd			0·63

n 159. Only factor loadings higher than the absolute value of 0·30 are reported. Bold values represent the final factor structure.