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. 2022 Oct 6;10:988525. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.988525

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).