Psychometric Properties of the Toddler Feeding Style Questionnaire in Fathers and its Gender Invariance

IF 4.6 2区医学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Appetite Pub Date : 2024-08-15 DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2024.107635

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Abstract

Parental feeding practices and behaviours are closely related to a number of child outcomes, including eating behaviour and health. The Toddler Feeding Style Questionnaire (TFSQ) was developed to provide an accurate instrument for evaluating parental feeding practices for toddlers by assessing two dimensions: responsiveness and demandingness. As the initial validation study was conducted in a sample of mothers only, the aims of this study are: a) to validate the TFSQ in fathers, b) to analyse its measurement invariance as a function of gender and parenting experience and c) to explore associations between socio-demographic variables and both dimensions. The TFSQ was completed by 377 fathers and 583 mothers. CFA confirmed the two-factor structure within the same items as the initial validation study, with good model fit indices (X²=230.089; TLI=0.883; CFI=0.91; RMSEA=0.08 (90% CI 0.068-0.092), SRMR=0.070). Strict invariance measurement in terms of gender and parenting experience was achieved. Overall, fathers scored higher than mothers on demandingness, regardless of their parenting experience. Primiparous mothers scored higher than multiparous mothers and primiparous fathers on the responsiveness dimension. However, there were no gender-based differences on this dimension for parents with more than one child. These results confirm that the TFSQ is an adequate and validated instrument for assessing parenting dimensions, as it performs equally well for mothers and fathers, regardless of their parenting experience. There is also support for the notion that parental attitudes to feeding may be related to their socio-economic background.

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父亲幼儿喂养方式问卷的心理测量特性及其性别不变性。

父母的喂养方式和行为与儿童的饮食行为和健康等一系列结果密切相关。幼儿喂养方式问卷（TFSQ）的开发旨在通过评估两个维度：反应性和要求性，为评估父母喂养幼儿的方式提供一个准确的工具。由于最初的验证研究仅在母亲样本中进行，因此本研究的目的是：a) 在父亲中验证 TFSQ；b) 分析其测量不变性与性别和养育经验的关系；c) 探讨社会人口变量与两个维度之间的关联。377 名父亲和 583 名母亲完成了 TFSQ。CFA证实了与初始验证研究相同项目的双因素结构，模型拟合指数良好（X2=230.089；TLI=0.883；CFI=0.91；RMSEA=0.08（90% CI 0.068-0.092），SRMR=0.070）。在性别和养育经验方面实现了严格的不变量测量。总体而言，无论育儿经验如何，父亲在要求方面的得分都高于母亲。在回应性维度上，初产母亲的得分高于多产母亲和初产父亲。然而，有一个以上孩子的父母在这一维度上没有性别差异。这些结果证实，TFSQ 是一个充分且有效的评估养育维度的工具，因为无论母亲和父亲的养育经验如何，它的表现都一样好。父母的喂养态度可能与他们的社会经济背景有关这一观点也得到了支持。

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Appetite 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

9.10

自引率

11.10%

发文量

566

审稿时长

13.4 weeks

期刊介绍： Appetite is an international research journal specializing in cultural, social, psychological, sensory and physiological influences on the selection and intake of foods and drinks. It covers normal and disordered eating and drinking and welcomes studies of both human and non-human animal behaviour toward food. Appetite publishes research reports, reviews and commentaries. Thematic special issues appear regularly. From time to time the journal carries abstracts from professional meetings. Submissions to Appetite are expected to be based primarily on observations directly related to the selection and intake of foods and drinks; papers that are primarily focused on topics such as nutrition or obesity will not be considered unless they specifically make a novel scientific contribution to the understanding of appetite in line with the journal's aims and scope.