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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Dev Disabil. 2020 May 15;103:103676. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103676

Table 4:

Relationships Between Parent-report and Observed Mealtime Behaviors

BAMBI Total Score BAMBI Features of ASD BAMBI Food Refusal BAMBI Limited Variety
Eating Behaviors
Bites (B) rs = −.18 rs = −.03 rs = −.21 rs = −.13
Target Bites (TB) rs = −.25* rs = −.10 rs = −.05 rs = −.31+
Sips (S) rs = −.14 rs = −.28* rs = −.13 rs = .01
Spit-ups (Sp) rs = .01 rs = .02 rs = .21 rs = −.07
Feed (F) rs = .12 rs = .14 rs = .35+ rs = −.06
Plate Away (NP) rs = −.15 rs = −.05 rs = .08 rs = −.16
Child Behaviors
Child Talk (CT) rs = .31+ rs = .09 rs = .23* rs = .30*
Crying (Cr) rs = .10 rs = .11 rs = .13 rs = .09
Food Refusals/Complaints about Food (R) rs = .17 rs = .11 rs = .33+ rs = .08
Play (P) rs = .20 rs = .08 rs = −.03 rs = .25*
Away (A) rs = .01 rs = .04 rs = −.03 rs = −.02
Parent Behaviors
Alpha Commands (C) rs = .08 rs = .05 rs = .15 rs = 0.04
Alpha Commands Followed by Compliance (C+) rs = .05 rs = .06 rs = .04 rs = .06
Alpha Commands Followed by Non-Compliance (C−) rs = .08 rs = .01 rs = .08 rs = .07
Beta Commands (C/) rs = .19 rs = .14 rs = .19 rs = .11
Coaxing (CX) rs = −.01 rs = .08 rs = .12 rs = −.09
Reinforcement (RN) rs = −.02 rs = .06 rs = .08 rs = −.04
Parent Talk (PT) rs = .12 rs = .10 rs = .25* rs = .01
Physical Prompt (XP) rs = −.17 rs = −.15 rs = .03 rs = −.15
*

p < .05

+

p < .01

**

p < .001