Loewen R, Pliner P
University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
Appetite. 2000 Dec;35(3):239-50. doi: 10.1006/appe.2000.0353.
This paper reports the development and validation of a self-report measure of food neophobia for children. Items described hypothetical situations in which novel foods might be encountered and asked children to report how they would feel about tasting or eating them. Ten items, representing two correlated subscales, were selected from among a larger number, using standard item selection measures with a total of 335 children, aged 7-12 years. The two subscales represent willingness to try novel foods in highly stimulating circumstances and willingness to try novel foods in non-stimulating circumstances. The test was shown to significantly predict actual willingness to taste novel foods in a laboratory situation. In addition, it was shown to predict such willingness better than parents' reports of the children's neophobia. Finally, the test was shown to have satisfactory internal and test-retest reliabilities.
本文报告了一种针对儿童的食物新恐惧症自我报告测量方法的开发与验证。题目描述了可能遇到新食物的假设情境，并要求儿童报告他们对品尝或食用这些食物的感受。从大量题目中，采用标准题目选择方法，选取了代表两个相关子量表的10个题目，共335名7至12岁的儿童参与。这两个子量表分别代表在高度刺激情境下尝试新食物的意愿和在非刺激情境下尝试新食物的意愿。该测试在实验室情境中被证明能显著预测实际品尝新食物的意愿。此外，与父母对孩子新恐惧症的报告相比，它能更好地预测这种意愿。最后，该测试显示出令人满意的内部信度和重测信度。
