My Child at mealtime parent self-assessment of food related behaviors: Validation with mealtime behaviors
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Stephanie L. Sitnick; Marilyn S. Townsend; Carolyn Sutter; Mical K. Shilts; Lenna Ontai
- Source
- Appetite. 136:62-69
- Subject
- Male
Parents
0301 basic medicine
Self-assessment
Self-Assessment
Child Behavior
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Factor structure
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Association (psychology)
Meals
General Psychology
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Reproducibility of Results
Feeding Behavior
Confirmatory factor analysis
Child, Preschool
Female
Parental feeding
Psychology
Clinical psychology
- Language
- ISSN
- 0195-6663
My Child at Mealtime (MCMT) is a visually enhanced, self-assessment tool designed to measure parent food related behaviors of low-income caregivers of preschool-aged children. The current study examined the factor structure of MCMT and the correspondence between MCMT parent- and child-centered food related behaviors with observed behaviors during a mealtime with their preschool aged child. Caregivers (N = 175) completed MCMT, and a subsample (n = 60) had a mealtime videotaped in their home. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis supported a two-factor structure resulting in parent-centered and child-centered MCMT subscales. There was a significant association between parent-centered MCMT scores and observed parent-centered behaviors at mealtime. Behavioral correspondence of MCMT child-centered behaviors was generally weaker. Overall, the findings suggest that caregivers’ MCMT responses provide a valid measure of parent food related behaviors.