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KMID : 0123420150200010001
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2015 Volume.20 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.10
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The Development and Validation of Eating Behavior Test Form for Infants and Young Children
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Han Young-Shin
Kim Su-An
Lee Yoon-Na
Kim Jeong-Mee
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Abstract
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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 α=0.89; explanation of variance=27.79), factor 2, over activity (α=0.80, explanation of variance=16.51), and factor 3, irregularity (α=0.59, explanation of variance=10.01). Three factors for mother’s eating behavior could be explained as follows; factor 1,irregularities (α=0.73, explanation
of variance=21.73), factor 2, pickiness (α=0.65, explanation of variance= 20.16), and factor 3, permissiveness (α=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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KEYWORD
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infants, young children, eating behavior, factor analysis, feeding practice
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