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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2019 Apr 27;139:152–158. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.04.020

Table 1.

Feeding Coparenting Scale (FCS) Items and Final Factor Loadings

Item 1 2 3
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