Table 2.
Item descriptives, factors, and item parameters of FHC-NU (Sg).
| Sample I (n = 199*) | Sample II (n = 200) | Samples I and II (n = 399*) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Item Description (In our family…) | M (SD) | aEFA | M (SD) | aCFA | r corr |
| Val1 | ...a healthy diet is important to us (e.g., type and amount of food, meal timings) | 2.35 (0.66) | 0.75 | 2.24 (0.64) | 0.80 | 0.76 |
| Val2 | ...we pay attention to eating healthily | 2.24 (0.67) | 0.85 | 2.18 (0.61) | 0.89 | 0.84 |
| Val3 | ...we eat healthily on a regular basis | 2.10 (0.71) | 0.78 | 2.07 (0.64) | 0.82 | 0.80 |
| Val4 | ...it is normal for us to choose healthy foods | 2.13 (0.72) | 0.70 | 2.10 (0.61) | 0.84 | 0.81 |
| Com1 | ...we are interested in articles (print or online) on healthy nutrition | 1.86 (0.78) | 0.42 | 1.71 (0.81) | 0.59 | 0.58 |
| Com2 | ...we remind each other to pay attention to a healthy diet | 2.20 (0.69) | 0.66 | 2.16 (0.65) | 0.81 | 0.75 |
| Com3 | ...we talk about which foods are healthy | 2.13 (0.71) | 0.92 | 2.09 (0.73) | 0.84 | 0.82 |
| Com4 | ...we encourage and support each other to refrain from eating/drinking unhealthy things | 2.18 (0.69) | 0.54 | 2.18 (0.69) | 0.77 | 0.72 |
| Com5 | ...we talk about how to eat healthily | 2.14 (0.72) | 0.82 | 2.12 (0.64) | 0.87 | 0.80 |
| Coh1 | ...we value spending time together during meals | 2.37 (0.70) | 0.79 | 2.32 (0.66) | 0.81 | 0.81 |
| Coh2 | ...everybody enjoys having meals together | 2.42 (0.68) | 0.85 | 2.30 (0.65) | 0.86 | 0.85 |
| Coh3 | ...eating together is a part of our daily family life | 2.31 (0.73) | 0.94 | 2.19 (0.72) | 0.84 | 0.83 |
| Coh4 | ...we enjoy meals most when we sit at the same table. | 2.36 (0.72) | 0.97 | 2.28 (0.67) | 0.87 | 0.86 |
| Coh5 | ...we try to eat together as often as possible | 2.40 (0.67) | 0.75 | 2.29 (0.65) | 0.79 | 0.75 |
| Con1 | ...we agree on diet and nutrition | 2.11 (0.70) | 0.77 | 2.01 (0.61) | 0.82 | 0.70 |
| Con2 | ...we usually agree on meals and food choices | 2.20 (0.62) | 0.81 | 2.11 (0.57) | 0.75 | 0.70 |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation; rcorr, corrected item-total correlations; aEFA, oblique rotation of factor loadings of exploratory factor analysis; aCFA, factor loadings of confirmatory factor analysis. *One outlier was excluded from Sample I. Val, Value; Com, Communication; Coh, Cohesion. Full range of Likert scale scoring for each item was used (Min = 0; Max = 3).