Table 1 Description of factors, items, item means, factor loadings, and internal consistency in the four behaviour domains tested
Behaviour/item Basic stem: “How certain are you that you can …” | Mean (SD) | Standardised factor loading | Cronbach’s Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|
Healthy behaviours | |||
Physical activity | 0.92 | ||
“…. make sure that your child is physically active in such a way that he/she gets a little sweaty or out of breath for at least 1 h during the day?” | |||
1. … when there are many other things to do | 5.58 (2.76) | 0.92 | |
2. … when you are tired | 5.43 (2.71) | 0.93 | |
3. … when the weather is bad | 5.17 (2.75) | 0.84 | |
Vegetables | 0.92 | ||
“… influence your child to eat at least 2 servings of vegetables at home each day?” | |||
4. … when you are too tired to prepare them | 5.59 (3.27) | 0.91 | |
5. … when other family members don’t want to eat vegetables | 5.86 (3.13) | 0.92 | |
6. … when you are eating out at a restaurant | 5.05 (2.98) | 0.82 | |
Unhealthy behaviours | |||
Soft drinks | 0.84 | ||
“… limit how much soft drinks and sap your child drinks so that your child does not drink more than 2 glasses (3 decilitres) per week” | |||
7. … when other family members drink it | 6.75 (3.49) | 0.72 | |
8. … when you eat at a restaurant | 6.96 (3.20 | 0.82 | |
9. … when your child wants it | 7.82 (2.82) | 0.85 | |
Sweets | 0.81 | ||
“… limit how much sweets/chocolate your child eats so that your child does not eat more than 100 g/1.5 decilitre sweets per week” | |||
10. … when other family members eat it | 6.80 (3.29) | 0.63 | |
11. … when your child refuses to eat food | 8.59 (2.50) | 0.89 | |
12. … when your child wants it | 8.26 (2.49) | 0.93 | |