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Accepted manuscript

Investigation of the Psychometric Properties of the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire in Turkish Parents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2024

Ceren ŞARAHMAN KAHRAMAN Open the ORCID record for Ceren ŞARAHMAN KAHRAMAN [Opens in a new window] ,
Cansu MEMİÇ İNAN ,
Nurcan YABANCI AYHAN  and
Ayşe Özfer ÖZÇELİK
Ceren ŞARAHMAN KAHRAMAN
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat, Kestel District, University Street, No:80, Alanya/Antalya 07425, Turkey
Cansu MEMİÇ İNAN
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Bor/Niğde 51210, Turkey
Nurcan YABANCI AYHAN*
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Ankara, Fatih Street, No:197/A, Ankara 06100, Turkey
Ayşe Özfer ÖZÇELİK
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Ankara, Fatih Street, No:197/A, Ankara 06100, Turkey
*
Corresponding author: Nurcan YABANCI AYHAN, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Ankara, Fatih Street, No:197/A, Ankara 06100, Turkey, nyabanci@ankara.edu.tr, Phone number: +90 (312) 3812350-6541
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Abstract

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Objective:

The Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) measures parental attitudes toward feeding practices that directly influence children’s eating habits. This study aims to determine the reliability and validity of the Turkish adaptation of the CFPQ developed by Musher-Eizenman et al.

Design:

Validity and reliability analyses were conducted for the T-CFPQ. In addition to reliability analyses and partial correlations between scale dimensions, correlations between scale dimensions according to mothers’ BMI and children’s BMI z-scores were also examined.

Setting:

Parents with children aged 18 months to 8 years living in the community.

Participants:

The study sample consisted of 274 parents with children aged 18 months to 8 years who agreed to participate in the online survey.

Results:

In this study, 47 items and 12-factor structure describing feeding practices were supported by CFA. Although most of the dimensions of the T-CFPQ showed significant correlations with each other, the highest correlation was found between the encourage balance/variety and the dimension of modeling and teaching nutrition (r=0.53; 0.50) (p<0.05). There was a negative correlation between the child’s BMI z-score and the pressure to eat dimension (r=-0.173; p<0.01) and a positive correlation between the restriction for weight dimension (r =0.339; p<0.01). Maternal BMI was negatively associated with the involvement dimension (r=-0.121; p<0.05) and positively associated with the restriction for weight dimension (r=0.154; p<0.01).

Conclusions:

The findings revealed that the T-CFPQ is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be applied to obtain the necessary information for evaluating nutritional interactions between parent and child.

Keywords

Child nutritionFeeding PracticesChildren’s eating behaviorsParent-child relationsChildren’s eating scale
Type
Research Paper
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 25
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