Korean Journal of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회지)

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The Development and Validation of Eating Behavior Test Form for Infants and Young Children

영유아 식행동 검사도구 개발 및 타당도 검정

  • Han, Youngshin (Environmental Health Center for Atopic Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Su An (Environmental Health Center for Atopic Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Yoonna (Shingu College, Department of Food and Nutrition) ;
  • Kim, Jeongmee (Hansol Education Research Center, Hansol Education Co. Ltd.)
  • 한영신 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 아토피환경보건센터) ;
  • 김수안 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 아토피환경보건센터) ;
  • 이윤나 (신구대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 김정미 (한솔교육연구원)
  • Received : 2014.10.11
  • Accepted : 2015.01.19
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to develop and validate Eating Behaviors Test form (EBT) for infants and young children, including eating behaviors of their parents and parental feeding practices. Methods: Draft version of EBT form was developed after a pretest on 83 mothers. It was consisted of 42 questions including 3 components; eating behavior of children, eating behavior of parents, and parental feeding practices. Using these questionnaires, the first survey was conducted on 320 infants and children, 1 to 6 year old, for exploratory factor analysis, and the second survey was collected on 731 infants and children for confirmatory factor analysis. Results: Exploratory factor analysis on 42 questions of EBT form resulted in 3 factor model for children's eating behavior, 3 factor model for parents' eating behavior, and 1 factor model for parental feeding practices. Three factors for children's eating behavior could be explained as follows; factor 1, pickiness (reliability ${\alpha}=0.89$; explanation of variance=27.79), factor 2, over activity (${\alpha}=0.80$, explanation of variance=16.51), and factor 3, irregularity (${\alpha}=0.59$, explanation of variance=10.01). Three factors for mother's eating behavior could be explained as follows; factor 1,irregularities (${\alpha}=0.73$, explanation of variance=21.73), factor 2, pickiness (${\alpha}=0.65$, explanation of variance= 20.16), and factor 3, permissiveness (${\alpha}=0.60$, explanation of variance=19.13). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed an acceptance fit for these models. Internal consistencies for these factors were above 0.6. Conclusions: Our results indicated that EBT form is a valid tool to measure comprehensive eating and feeding behaviors for infants and young children.

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