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- Title
Validation of the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) with Portuguese Caregivers of 2-to-8-Year-Olds.
- Authors
Santos, Ana F.; Fernandes, Marília; Fernandes, Carla; Barros, Luísa; Veríssimo, Manuela
- Abstract
Recent findings have demonstrated an increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight in Portugal, urging the need to study modifiable risk factors such as parental feeding practices. The Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) is an important self-report measure assessing a broad range of responsive and non-responsive feeding practices. However, the CFPQ has not yet been validated in Portugal. Therefore, the present study aimed to test the validity of this measure with Portuguese parents of 2-to-8-year-old children. A sample of 409 parents completed a Portuguese-adapted version of the CFPQ and the already validated Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and psychometric analysis were conducted. CFA demonstrated the original 12-factor structure did not fit the sample. EFA identified an eight-factor structure comprising 29 items: Monitoring, Modeling, Environment, Involvement, Emotion Regulation, Restriction for Weight Control, Restriction for Health, and Pressure. Findings suggest that parental feeding practices are sensitive to parents' background cultures and children's developmental period.
- Subjects
CAREGIVER attitudes; ARTIFICIAL feeding; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; CHILDHOOD obesity; PSYCHOMETRICS; MEDICAL protocols; RISK assessment; COMPARATIVE studies; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Children, 2023, Vol 10, Issue 12, p1924
- ISSN
2227-9067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/children10121924