Department of Food Market and Consumer Research, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW-WULS), Nowoursynowska 159C, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
Nutrients. 2021 Mar 18;13(3):983. doi: 10.3390/nu13030983.
Impact of parental feeding practices on children's eating behaviors is well-documented in the literature. Nevertheless, little is known about how many of these behaviors might persist into adulthood. There is a lack of a tool measuring childhood feeding experiences recollected by adults, while the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) is used to measure parental feeding practices applied towards children. The aim of the study was to adapt the CFPQ to measure adults' recollections of their childhood (5-10 years old) feeding experiences, to examine its discriminant validity and then to assess if these practices are related to adults' food choices. In 2020, the modified version of CFPQ (mCFPQ) and questions on current food consumption were administered in a group of 500 adults twice over a two-week interval. The analysis included 443 participants whose questionnaires were correctly completed in both stages of the study. The Q-sorting procedure was used to test for discriminant validity of the questionnaire, i.e., confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Cronbach's alpha, correlations coefficients, and the analysis of the differences between groups according to the intake of certain food products. Test-retest reliability was examined by calculating interclass correlation coefficients (ICC) for each obtained factor. As a result of EFA, five subscales were identified: "Restrictions", "Healthy Eating Guidance", "Pressure and Food Reward", "Monitoring", and "Child Control". Items from these subscales created a new tool-Adults' Memories of Feeding in Childhood (AMoFiC). Test for internal consistency, factor correlations, and discriminant validity proved satisfactory psychometric parameters of AMoFiC. "Pressure and Food Reward" and "Child Control" were associated with higher intake of sweets and salty snacks, whereas "Healthy Eating Guidance", "Monitoring", and "Restrictions" were associated with higher consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Despite the fact that the AMoFiC questionnaire requires further research, the findings of the study might be of practical use in counseling addressed to the parents.
父母喂养行为对儿童饮食行为的影响在文献中有充分的记录。然而，人们对这些行为中有多少可能会持续到成年期知之甚少。目前还没有一种工具可以衡量成年人回忆起的儿童喂养经历，而综合喂养实践问卷（CFPQ）则用于衡量针对儿童的父母喂养实践。本研究的目的是改编 CFPQ 来衡量成年人对其童年（5-10 岁）喂养经历的回忆，检验其判别效度，然后评估这些实践是否与成年人的食物选择有关。2020 年，在两周的时间间隔内，对 500 名成年人两次进行了修改后的 CFPQ（mCFPQ）和当前食物消耗问题的调查。分析包括 443 名在研究的两个阶段都正确完成问卷的参与者。Q 分类程序用于测试问卷的判别效度，即验证性和探索性因素分析（EFA）、克朗巴赫α系数、相关系数，以及根据某些食物摄入情况对群体差异的分析。通过计算每个获得因素的组内相关系数（ICC）来检验重测信度。EFA 结果确定了五个分量表：“限制”、“健康饮食指导”、“压力和食物奖励”、“监测”和“儿童控制”。这些分量表的项目创建了一个新工具——成年人对儿童喂养的记忆（AMoFiC）。内部一致性、因子相关性和判别效度测试证明 AMoFiC 的心理测量学参数令人满意。“压力和食物奖励”和“儿童控制”与甜食和咸点的摄入量较高有关，而“健康饮食指导”、“监测”和“限制”与新鲜水果和蔬菜的消耗量较高有关。尽管 AMoFiC 问卷需要进一步研究，但研究结果可能在针对父母的咨询中具有实际用途。
