Table 1.
Item | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Shared Positive Views and Values in Child Feeding (α=0.83) | |||
7. My spouse/partner and I tend to agree on the brands of food we buy. | .47 | ||
8. My spouse/partner and I both see family mealtime as important. | .86 | ||
9. My spouse/partner and I both see family mealtimes as a time to feed our child healthy food. | .88 | ||
10. My spouse/partner and I both see family mealtimes as a time to spend quality time together. | .79 | ||
15. My spouse/partner and I handle child eating behavior (e.g., picky eating, snacking) similarly. | .54 | ||
Active Engagement in Child Feeding (α=.70) | |||
1.In my household, my spouse/partner and I frequently discuss how we manage feeding tasks. | .75 | ||
2.In my household, both my spouse/partner and I work together to manage feeding tasks. | .83 | ||
14. It is important for me to be involved in feeding tasks with my spouse/partner. | .34 | ||
16. Having a spouse/partner to manage feeding tasks is important to me | .25 | ||
Solo Parenting in Child Feeding (α=0.82) | |||
3. I am responsible for all feeding tasks in my family. | .61 | ||
4. I manage feeding tasks because my schedule is more flexible than my spouse/partner. | .64 | ||
5. I enjoy cooking and am good at cooking, so I cook more than my spouse/partner does. | .78 | ||
6. I enjoy meal planning, so I plan meals more than my spouse/partner does. | .88 | ||
Total Score (13 items; α=0.78) | |||
5-point Likert scale ranging from Strongly Disagree (1) to Strongly Agree (5) |
Items that were dropped:
11. I am satisfied with how my spouse/partner and I divide the responsibility of managing feeding tasks.
12. Busy schedules make it difficult for us to work together in managing feeding tasks
13. If I had a choice, I would prefer my spouse/partner to manage all feeding tasks in my household