Table 1. Comparison of Adults’ Perception of Children’s Behavior and Corresponding Child Self-Reported Survey Items.
| Item Type | Adult Survey Item | Child Survey Item | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity: adult self-report |
Within the past 12 months: | N/A | ||
| (a) | I worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more. | |||
| (b) | the food we bought just didn’t last, and we didn’t have money to get more. | |||
| Food insecurity: adult report for child vs child self-report |
Within the past 12 months, how often do you think the child: | Think about the past year. How many times did you: | ||
| 1 | worried whether food would run out before the family got money to buy more? | 1 | get scared that your family would run out of food? | |
| N/A | 2 | run out of food at your house because of money? | ||
| 2 | ate less food than they wanted in order to help make the food supply last? | 3 | eat a smaller meal than you wanted to help save food? | |
| Think about how the child is every day. How often do you think the child feels the following things? | Think about how you feel most days. How often do you feel each of these things? | |||
| Food-related concerns | 3 | Worry that he/she won’t get to eat a meal. | 4 | I worry that I won’t get to eat a meal. |
| 4 | Can’t stop thinking about when he/she will eat. | 5 | I can’t stop thinking about when I will eat. | |
| 5 | Hides food so that he/she can eat it later. | 6 | I hide food so that I can eat it later. | |
| Generalized anxiety symptoms | 6 | Worry that something bad will happen to him/her. | 7 | I worry that something bad will happen to me. |
| 7 | Has stomach pains when he/she is upset. | 8 | When I am upset, my stomach hurts. | |
| Obsessions and compulsions | 8 | Can’t get bad or silly thoughts out of his/her head. | 9 | I can’t get bad or silly thoughts out of my head. |
| 9 | Has to do some things over and over again. | 10 | I have to do some things over and over again. | |
| Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems? | N/A | |||
| Adult depression | 10 | I had little interest or pleasure in doing things. | ||
| 11 | I felt down, depressed, or hopeless. | |||
| Over the last two weeks, how often do you think the child has been bothered by the following problems? | Think about the past two weeks. | |||
| Child depression | 12 | The child had little interest or pleasure in doing things. | 11 | How often did you feel like nothing is fun? |
| 13 | The child felt down, depressed, or hopeless. | 12 | How often did you feel sad or down? |
N/A, not applicable