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Table 1 Main independent variables

From: Association of parental social support with energy balance-related behaviors in low-income and ethnically diverse children: a cross-sectional study

Source

Variable

# Items

Response options

Cronbach’s α

Pearson’s r

Potential Range

Actual Range

Mean (SD)

 

Social Support for Healthy Eating

Child

Family Food Culture

4

0 (Never or almost never) to 2 (almost always or always)

.64

NA

0–8

0–8

5.36 (1.80)

Parent

Instrumental support for healthy eating

7

0 (No) to 1 (Yes)

.76

NA

0–7

0–7

4.38 (2.04)

Parent

Home availability and accessibility of FV

6

0 (Never) to 3 (All of the time)

.72

NA

0–18

1–18

10.75 (3.57)

Parent

Home availability of SSB

1

0 (Never) to 3 (All of the time)

NA

NA

0–3

0–3

1.59 (.87)

Parent

Emotional support for healthy eating

6

0 (Strongly disagree) to 4 (Strongly agree)

.71

NA

0–24

0–24

17.66 (3.82)

Parent

Rules for healthy eating

3

0 (Strongly disagree) to 4 (Strongly agree)

.77

NA

0–12

0–12

8.96 (2.46)

Parent

Modeling vegetable intake

1

0 (Never) to 4 (About once a day)

NA

NA

0–4

0–4

3.48 (.84)

Parent

Modeling SSB

1

0 (Never) to 4 (About once a day)

NA

NA

0–4

0–4

2.79 (1.18)

 

Social Support for Physical Activity

Parent

Instrumental support for PA

2

0 (Never) to 7 (7 days)

NA

.46

0–14

0–14

3.96 (3.38)

Parent

Emotional support for PA

4

0 (Strongly disagree) to 4 (Strongly agree)

.74

NA

0–16

0–16

12.73 (2.52)

Parent

Modeling PA

1

0 (Never) to 4 (About once a day)

NA

NA

0–4

0–4

3.55 (.82)