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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2020 Dec 24;160:105087. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.105087

Table 1.

Key psychosocial measures used to assess outcomes of the East Side Table Make-at-Home Meal Kit program

Measure (original psychometrics).citation Example item from the measure No. items Response options Scale alphas in study sample
pre post follow-up
Cooking and Food Preparation Self-Efficacy (α=0.90).(Lahne et al, 2017) I am confident creating meals from the ingredients have on hand. 13 7 pointa α=0.90 α=0.90 α=0.91
Cooking Techniques (α=0.91).(Condrasky et al., 2011) Preparing fresh or frozen green vegetables (eg, broccoli, spinach) 14 5 pointb α=0.88 α=0.91 α=0.89
Negative Cooking Attitude (α=0.85).(Condrasky et al., 2011) Cooking is frustrating. 4 5 pointa α=0.91 α=0.82 α=0.89
Food Insecurity (cAlpha not provided; 97% sensitive 83% specific to gold standard food insecurity measure).(Hager et al., 2010) Within the past 12 months we worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more. 2 3 pointc α=0.85 α=0.89 α=0.92
Healthy Food Availability (α=0.89).(Flocke et al., 2017) The fresh fruits and vegetables in your neighborhood are of high quality 4 5 pointa α=0.81 α=0.78 α=0.82

Note. Items were summed for scale scores. Responses were coded so higher scores indicated a higher trait (e.g., higher food insecurity, higher self-efficacy). Number of response options are listed in the table, and superscripts note what the response options were.

a

From strongly disagree to strongly agree.

b

From not at all confident to extremely confident.

c

From never true for me to always true for me.