Table 3.
Structure coefficients, means, and standard deviations of reduced CFMQ 23 items in the extracted four factor model in a sample of 280 overweight/obese Hispanic adolescents,
| Structural coefficients | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reduced 23 items | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | h2 | M (SD) |
| I felt mealtimes were a warm and sharing time in my family. | .59 | .37 | 3.86 (1.18) | |||
| My family talked during dinner. | .54 | .31 | 3.91 (1.17) | |||
| I liked to eat dinner with my family. | .71 | .52 | 4.21 (1.06) | |||
| In my family, everyone could speak their views at dinner time. | .86 | .75 | 3.89 (1.26) | |||
| I remember feeling nervous during dinner. | .74 | .56 | 1.71 (1.10) | |||
| Dinner times were silent in my family. | .59 | .41 | 2.06 (1.20) | |||
| I felt able to speak my mind during mealtimes. | .70 | .50 | 3.50 (1.25) | |||
| Because of stress during meals, I liked or wished to eat alone. | .57 | .37 | 2.32 (1.37) | |||
| There was yelling during dinner. | .77 | .63 | 1.72 (1.07) | |||
| It was a relief when my father was not at dinner. | .58 | .35 | 1.70 (1.17) | |||
| During meals, I was told not to waste food. | .53 | .31 | 3.61 (1.26) | |||
| If I did not like what we were having for dinner, I had to eat it anyway. | .45 | .35 | 2.67 (1.29) | |||
| Table manners were important to my parents. | .71 | .56 | 3.89 (1.24) | |||
| Table manners were brought up at dinner. | .55 | .33 | 2.94 (1.43) | |||
| I remember thinking about my weight when I was young. | .86 | .75 | 3.01 (1.36) | |||
| I remember worrying about my weight when I was young. | .87 | .77 | 3.04 (1.41) | |||
| When I was young, I was encouraged to diet. | .62 | .41 | 2.71 (1.39) | |||
| In my family, we talked about our own or each other’s weight. | .41 | .35 | 2.41 (1.29) | |||
| In my family, we thought of beauty as depending a lot on weight. | .48 | .33 | 2.40 (1.29) | |||
| My father commented about my mother’s weight when I was young. | .75 | .57 | 1.76 (1.15) | |||
| Presently, when I am at home, my parents influence what I eat. | .73 | .54 | 3.43 (1.26) | |||
| Presently, when I am at home, my parents influence the way I eat. | .56 | .36 | 3.01 (1.30) | |||
| In my family, mealtimes were set by my father’s schedule. | .45 | .30 | 2.04 (1.21) | |||
| Eigenvalues | 5.54 | 3.73 | 1.78 | 1.56 | ||
| % of explained variance | 25.15 | 16.04 | 7.82 | 6.63 | ||
| Cronbach’s alpha | .81 | .82 | .81 | .76 | ||
Note. F = Factor. h2 = Communality. M = Mean. SD = Standard Deviation. Structural coefficients are standardized. Only standardized loadings over .40 are listed.