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Jamey Baietto - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Practices and preferences exploring the relationships between food related Parenting Practices and child food preferences for high fat and or sugar foods fruits and vegetables
Appetite, 2017Co-Authors: Rachel L Vollmer, Jamey BaiettoAbstract:Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between food-related Parenting Practices and child fruit, vegetable, and high fat/sugar food preferences. Parents (n = 148) of children (3–7 years old) completed the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ), the Preschool Adapted Food Liking Scale (PALS), and answered demographic questions. Separate linear regressions were conducted to test relationships between the different food categories on PALS (fruits, vegetables, and high fat/sugar foods) and each food-related Parenting Practice using race, ethnicity, and income level, and child age and gender as covariates. It was found that when a parent allows a child to control eating, it was negatively associated with a child's preference for fruit (β = −0.15, p = 0.032) and parent encouragement of child involvement in meal preparation was positively related to child preference for vegetables (β = 0.14, p = 0.048). Children preferred high fat and sugar foods more if parents used food to regulate child emotions (β = 0.24, p = 0.007), used food as a reward (β = 0.32, p
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Practices and preferences exploring the relationships between food related Parenting Practices and child food preferences for high fat and or sugar foods fruits and vegetables
Appetite, 2017Co-Authors: Rachel L Vollmer, Jamey BaiettoAbstract:The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between food-related Parenting Practices and child fruit, vegetable, and high fat/sugar food preferences. Parents (n = 148) of children (3-7 years old) completed the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ), the Preschool Adapted Food Liking Scale (PALS), and answered demographic questions. Separate linear regressions were conducted to test relationships between the different food categories on PALS (fruits, vegetables, and high fat/sugar foods) and each food-related Parenting Practice using race, ethnicity, and income level, and child age and gender as covariates. It was found that when a parent allows a child to control eating, it was negatively associated with a child's preference for fruit (β = -0.15, p = 0.032) and parent encouragement of child involvement in meal preparation was positively related to child preference for vegetables (β = 0.14, p = 0.048). Children preferred high fat and sugar foods more if parents used food to regulate child emotions (β = 0.24, p = 0.007), used food as a reward (β = 0.32, p < 0.001), pressured the child to eat more food (β = 0.16, p = 0.045), and restricted unhealthy food (β = 0.20, p = 0.024). Conversely, children preferred high fat and sugar foods less if parents made healthy food available in the home (β = -0.13, p = 0.05), modeled healthy eating in front of the child (β = -0.21, p = 0.021), and if parents explained why healthy foods should be consumed (β = -0.24, p = 0.011). Although it cannot be determined if the parent is influencing the child or vice versa, this study provides some evidence that coercive feeding Practices are detrimental to a child's food preferences.
Tom Baranowski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Calibration of the food Parenting Practice (FPP) item bank: tools for improving the measurement of food Parenting Practices of parents of 5-12-year-old children.
The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2020Co-Authors: Louise C. Mâsse, Sheryl O. Hughes, Tom Baranowski, Teresia M. O'connor, Yingyi Lin, Claire N. Tugault-lafleur, Mark R. BeauchampAbstract:PURPOSE There has been a call to improve measurement rigour and standardization of food Parenting Practices measures, as well as aligning the measurement of food Parenting Practices with the Parenting literature. Drawing from an expert-informed conceptual framework assessing three key domains of food Parenting Practices (autonomy promotion, control, and structure), this study combined factor analytic methods with Item Response Modeling (IRM) methodology to psychometrically validate responses to the Food Parenting Practice item bank. METHODS A sample of 799 Canadian parents of 5-12-year-old children completed the Food Parenting Practice item bank (129 items measuring 17 constructs). The factorial structure of the responses to the item bank was assessed with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), confirmatory bi-factor item analysis, and IRM. Following these analyses, differential Item Functioning (DIF) and Differential Response Functioning (DRF) analyses were then used to test invariance properties by parents' sex, income and ethnicity. Finally, the efficiency of the item bank was examined using computerized adaptive testing simulations to identify the items to include in a short form. RESULTS Overall, the expert-informed conceptual framework was predominantly supported by the CFA as it retained the same 17 constructs included in the conceptual framework with the exception of the access/availability and permissive constructs which were respectively renamed covert control and accommodating the child to better reflect the content of the final solution. The bi-factor item analyses and IRM analyses revealed that the solution could be simplified to 11 unidimensional constructs and the full item bank included 86-items (empirical reliability from 0.78 to 0.96, except for 1 construct) and the short form had 48 items. CONCLUSION Overall the food Parenting Practice item bank has excellent psychometric properties. The item bank includes an expanded version and short version to meet various study needs. This study provides more efficient tools for assessing how food Parenting Practices influence child dietary behaviours. Next steps are to use the IRM calibrated item bank and draw on computerized adaptive testing methodology to administer the item bank and provide flexibility in item selection.
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Food Parenting Practices for 5 to 12 year old children: a concept map analysis of Parenting and nutrition experts input
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2017Co-Authors: Teresia M. O’connor, Sheryl O. Hughes, Tom Baranowski, Louise C. Mâsse, Mark R. Beauchamp, Allison W. Watts, Truc Pham, Jerica M. Berge, Barbara Fiese, Rebecca GolleyAbstract:Background Parents are an important influence on children’s dietary intake and eating behaviors. However, the lack of a conceptual framework and inconsistent assessment of food Parenting Practices limits our understanding of which food Parenting Practices are most influential on children. The aim of this study was to develop a food Parenting Practice conceptual framework using systematic approaches of literature reviews and expert input. Method A previously completed systematic review of food Parenting Practice instruments and a qualitative study of parents informed the development of a food Parenting Practice item bank consisting of 3632 food Parenting Practice items. The original item bank was further reduced to 110 key food Parenting concepts using binning and winnowing techniques. A panel of 32 experts in Parenting and nutrition were invited to sort the food Parenting Practice concepts into categories that reflected their perceptions of a food Parenting Practice conceptual framework. Multi-dimensional scaling produced a point map of the sorted concepts and hierarchical cluster analysis identified potential solutions. Subjective modifications were used to identify two potential solutions, with additional feedback from the expert panel requested. Results The experts came from 8 countries and 25 participated in the sorting and 23 provided additional feedback. A parsimonious and a comprehensive concept map were developed based on the clustering of the food Parenting Practice constructs. The parsimonious concept map contained 7 constructs, while the comprehensive concept map contained 17 constructs and was informed by a previously published content map for food Parenting Practices. Most of the experts (52%) preferred the comprehensive concept map, while 35% preferred to present both solutions. Conclusion The comprehensive food Parenting Practice conceptual map will provide the basis for developing a calibrated Item Response Modeling (IRM) item bank that can be used with computerized adaptive testing. Such an item bank will allow for more consistency in measuring food Parenting Practices across studies to better assess the impact of food Parenting Practices on child outcomes and the effect of interventions that target parents as agents of change.
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Conceptualizing physical activity Parenting Practices using expert informed concept mapping analysis
BMC public health, 2017Co-Authors: Louise C. Mâsse, Sheryl O. Hughes, Teresia M. O'connor, Mark R. Beauchamp, Tom BaranowskiAbstract:Parents are widely recognized as playing a central role in the development of child behaviors such as physical activity. As there is little agreement as to the dimensions of physical activity-related Parenting Practices that should be measured or how they should be operationalized, this study engaged experts to develop an integrated conceptual framework for assessing Parenting Practices that influence multiple aspects of 5 to 12 year old children’s participation in physical activity. The ultimate goal of this study is to inform the development of an item bank (repository of calibrated items) aimed at measuring physical activity Parenting Practices. Twenty four experts from 6 countries (Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, & United States (US)) sorted 77 physical activity Parenting Practice concepts identified from our previously published synthesis of the literature (74 measures) and survey of Canadian and US parents. Concept Mapping software was used to conduct the multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) analysis and a cluster analysis of the MDS solution of the Expert’s sorting which was qualitatively reviewed and commented on by the Experts. The conceptual framework includes 12 constructs which are presented using three main domains of Parenting Practices (neglect/control, autonomy support, and structure). The neglect/control domain includes two constructs: permissive and pressuring Parenting Practices. The autonomy supportive domain includes four constructs: encouragement, guided choice, involvement in child physical activities, and praises/rewards for their child’s physical activity. Finally, the structure domain includes six constructs: co-participation, expectations, facilitation, modeling, monitoring, and restricting physical activity for safety or academic concerns. The concept mapping analysis provided a useful process to engage experts in re-conceptualizing physical activity Parenting Practices and identified key constructs to include in measures of physical activity Parenting. While the constructs identified ought to be included in measures of physical activity Parenting Practices, it will be important to collect data among parents to further validate the content of these constructs. In conclusion, the method provided a roadmap for developing an item bank that captures key facets of physical activity Parenting and ultimately serves to standardize how we operationalize measures of physical activity Parenting.
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Predicting habits of vegetable Parenting Practices to facilitate the design of change programmes.
Public health nutrition, 2015Co-Authors: Tom Baranowski, Alicia Beltran, Sheryl O. Hughes, Theresa A Nicklas, Teresia M. O'connor, Tzu An Chen, Cassandra S. Diep, Leah Brand, Janice BaranowskiAbstract:OBJECTIVE Habit has been defined as the automatic performance of a usual behaviour. The present paper reports the relationships of variables from a Model of Goal Directed Behavior to four scales in regard to parents' habits when feeding their children: habit of (i) actively involving child in selection of vegetables; (ii) maintaining a positive vegetable environment; (iii) positive communications about vegetables; and (iv) controlling vegetable Practices. We tested the hypothesis that the primary predictor of each habit variable would be the measure of the corresponding Parenting Practice. DESIGN Internet survey data from a mostly female sample. Primary analyses employed regression modelling with backward deletion, controlling for demographics and Parenting Practices behaviour. SETTING Houston, Texas, USA. SUBJECTS Parents of 307 pre-school (3-5-year-old) children. RESULTS Three of the four models accounted for about 50 % of the variance in the Parenting Practices habit scales. Each habit scale was primarily predicted by the corresponding Parenting Practices scale (suggesting validity). The habit of active child involvement in vegetable selection was also most strongly predicted by two barriers and rudimentary self-efficacy; the habit of maintaining a positive vegetable environment by one barrier; the habit of maintaining positive communications about vegetables by an emotional scale; and the habit of controlling vegetable Practices by a perceived behavioural control scale. CONCLUSIONS The predictiveness of the psychosocial variables beyond Parenting Practices behaviour was modest. Discontinuing the habit of ineffective controlling Parenting Practices may require increasing the parent's perceived control of Parenting Practices, perhaps through simulated parent-child interactions.
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Vegetable Parenting Practices scale. Item response modeling analyses.
Appetite, 2015Co-Authors: Tzu An Chen, Alicia Beltran, Janice Baranowski, Sheryl O. Hughes, Teresia M. O'connor, Cassandra S. Diep, Tom BaranowskiAbstract:Abstract Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of a vegetable Parenting Practices scale using multidimensional polytomous item response modeling which enables assessing item fit to latent variables and the distributional characteristics of the items in comparison to the respondents. We also tested for differences in the ways item function (called differential item functioning) across child's gender, ethnicity, age, and household income groups. Method: Parents of 3–5 year old children completed a self-reported vegetable Parenting Practices scale online. Vegetable Parenting Practices consisted of 14 effective vegetable Parenting Practices and 12 ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices items, each with three subscales (responsiveness, structure, and control). Multidimensional polytomous item response modeling was conducted separately on effective vegetable Parenting Practices and ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices. Results: One effective vegetable Parenting Practice item did not fit the model well in the full sample or across demographic groups, and another was a misfit in differential item functioning analyses across child's gender. Significant differential item functioning was detected across children's age and ethnicity groups, and more among effective vegetable Parenting Practices than ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices items. Wright maps showed items only covered parts of the latent trait distribution. The harder- and easier-to-respond ends of the construct were not covered by items for effective vegetable Parenting Practices and ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices, respectively. Conclusions: Several effective vegetable Parenting Practices and ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices scale items functioned differently on the basis of child's demographic characteristics; therefore, researchers should use these vegetable Parenting Practices scales with caution. Item response modeling should be incorporated in analyses of Parenting Practice questionnaires to better assess differences across demographic characteristics.
Rachel L Vollmer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Practices and preferences exploring the relationships between food related Parenting Practices and child food preferences for high fat and or sugar foods fruits and vegetables
Appetite, 2017Co-Authors: Rachel L Vollmer, Jamey BaiettoAbstract:Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between food-related Parenting Practices and child fruit, vegetable, and high fat/sugar food preferences. Parents (n = 148) of children (3–7 years old) completed the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ), the Preschool Adapted Food Liking Scale (PALS), and answered demographic questions. Separate linear regressions were conducted to test relationships between the different food categories on PALS (fruits, vegetables, and high fat/sugar foods) and each food-related Parenting Practice using race, ethnicity, and income level, and child age and gender as covariates. It was found that when a parent allows a child to control eating, it was negatively associated with a child's preference for fruit (β = −0.15, p = 0.032) and parent encouragement of child involvement in meal preparation was positively related to child preference for vegetables (β = 0.14, p = 0.048). Children preferred high fat and sugar foods more if parents used food to regulate child emotions (β = 0.24, p = 0.007), used food as a reward (β = 0.32, p
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Practices and preferences exploring the relationships between food related Parenting Practices and child food preferences for high fat and or sugar foods fruits and vegetables
Appetite, 2017Co-Authors: Rachel L Vollmer, Jamey BaiettoAbstract:The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between food-related Parenting Practices and child fruit, vegetable, and high fat/sugar food preferences. Parents (n = 148) of children (3-7 years old) completed the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ), the Preschool Adapted Food Liking Scale (PALS), and answered demographic questions. Separate linear regressions were conducted to test relationships between the different food categories on PALS (fruits, vegetables, and high fat/sugar foods) and each food-related Parenting Practice using race, ethnicity, and income level, and child age and gender as covariates. It was found that when a parent allows a child to control eating, it was negatively associated with a child's preference for fruit (β = -0.15, p = 0.032) and parent encouragement of child involvement in meal preparation was positively related to child preference for vegetables (β = 0.14, p = 0.048). Children preferred high fat and sugar foods more if parents used food to regulate child emotions (β = 0.24, p = 0.007), used food as a reward (β = 0.32, p < 0.001), pressured the child to eat more food (β = 0.16, p = 0.045), and restricted unhealthy food (β = 0.20, p = 0.024). Conversely, children preferred high fat and sugar foods less if parents made healthy food available in the home (β = -0.13, p = 0.05), modeled healthy eating in front of the child (β = -0.21, p = 0.021), and if parents explained why healthy foods should be consumed (β = -0.24, p = 0.011). Although it cannot be determined if the parent is influencing the child or vice versa, this study provides some evidence that coercive feeding Practices are detrimental to a child's food preferences.
Sheryl O. Hughes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Calibration of the food Parenting Practice (FPP) item bank: tools for improving the measurement of food Parenting Practices of parents of 5-12-year-old children.
The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2020Co-Authors: Louise C. Mâsse, Sheryl O. Hughes, Tom Baranowski, Teresia M. O'connor, Yingyi Lin, Claire N. Tugault-lafleur, Mark R. BeauchampAbstract:PURPOSE There has been a call to improve measurement rigour and standardization of food Parenting Practices measures, as well as aligning the measurement of food Parenting Practices with the Parenting literature. Drawing from an expert-informed conceptual framework assessing three key domains of food Parenting Practices (autonomy promotion, control, and structure), this study combined factor analytic methods with Item Response Modeling (IRM) methodology to psychometrically validate responses to the Food Parenting Practice item bank. METHODS A sample of 799 Canadian parents of 5-12-year-old children completed the Food Parenting Practice item bank (129 items measuring 17 constructs). The factorial structure of the responses to the item bank was assessed with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), confirmatory bi-factor item analysis, and IRM. Following these analyses, differential Item Functioning (DIF) and Differential Response Functioning (DRF) analyses were then used to test invariance properties by parents' sex, income and ethnicity. Finally, the efficiency of the item bank was examined using computerized adaptive testing simulations to identify the items to include in a short form. RESULTS Overall, the expert-informed conceptual framework was predominantly supported by the CFA as it retained the same 17 constructs included in the conceptual framework with the exception of the access/availability and permissive constructs which were respectively renamed covert control and accommodating the child to better reflect the content of the final solution. The bi-factor item analyses and IRM analyses revealed that the solution could be simplified to 11 unidimensional constructs and the full item bank included 86-items (empirical reliability from 0.78 to 0.96, except for 1 construct) and the short form had 48 items. CONCLUSION Overall the food Parenting Practice item bank has excellent psychometric properties. The item bank includes an expanded version and short version to meet various study needs. This study provides more efficient tools for assessing how food Parenting Practices influence child dietary behaviours. Next steps are to use the IRM calibrated item bank and draw on computerized adaptive testing methodology to administer the item bank and provide flexibility in item selection.
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Food Parenting Practices for 5 to 12 year old children: a concept map analysis of Parenting and nutrition experts input
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2017Co-Authors: Teresia M. O’connor, Sheryl O. Hughes, Tom Baranowski, Louise C. Mâsse, Mark R. Beauchamp, Allison W. Watts, Truc Pham, Jerica M. Berge, Barbara Fiese, Rebecca GolleyAbstract:Background Parents are an important influence on children’s dietary intake and eating behaviors. However, the lack of a conceptual framework and inconsistent assessment of food Parenting Practices limits our understanding of which food Parenting Practices are most influential on children. The aim of this study was to develop a food Parenting Practice conceptual framework using systematic approaches of literature reviews and expert input. Method A previously completed systematic review of food Parenting Practice instruments and a qualitative study of parents informed the development of a food Parenting Practice item bank consisting of 3632 food Parenting Practice items. The original item bank was further reduced to 110 key food Parenting concepts using binning and winnowing techniques. A panel of 32 experts in Parenting and nutrition were invited to sort the food Parenting Practice concepts into categories that reflected their perceptions of a food Parenting Practice conceptual framework. Multi-dimensional scaling produced a point map of the sorted concepts and hierarchical cluster analysis identified potential solutions. Subjective modifications were used to identify two potential solutions, with additional feedback from the expert panel requested. Results The experts came from 8 countries and 25 participated in the sorting and 23 provided additional feedback. A parsimonious and a comprehensive concept map were developed based on the clustering of the food Parenting Practice constructs. The parsimonious concept map contained 7 constructs, while the comprehensive concept map contained 17 constructs and was informed by a previously published content map for food Parenting Practices. Most of the experts (52%) preferred the comprehensive concept map, while 35% preferred to present both solutions. Conclusion The comprehensive food Parenting Practice conceptual map will provide the basis for developing a calibrated Item Response Modeling (IRM) item bank that can be used with computerized adaptive testing. Such an item bank will allow for more consistency in measuring food Parenting Practices across studies to better assess the impact of food Parenting Practices on child outcomes and the effect of interventions that target parents as agents of change.
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Conceptualizing physical activity Parenting Practices using expert informed concept mapping analysis
BMC public health, 2017Co-Authors: Louise C. Mâsse, Sheryl O. Hughes, Teresia M. O'connor, Mark R. Beauchamp, Tom BaranowskiAbstract:Parents are widely recognized as playing a central role in the development of child behaviors such as physical activity. As there is little agreement as to the dimensions of physical activity-related Parenting Practices that should be measured or how they should be operationalized, this study engaged experts to develop an integrated conceptual framework for assessing Parenting Practices that influence multiple aspects of 5 to 12 year old children’s participation in physical activity. The ultimate goal of this study is to inform the development of an item bank (repository of calibrated items) aimed at measuring physical activity Parenting Practices. Twenty four experts from 6 countries (Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, & United States (US)) sorted 77 physical activity Parenting Practice concepts identified from our previously published synthesis of the literature (74 measures) and survey of Canadian and US parents. Concept Mapping software was used to conduct the multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) analysis and a cluster analysis of the MDS solution of the Expert’s sorting which was qualitatively reviewed and commented on by the Experts. The conceptual framework includes 12 constructs which are presented using three main domains of Parenting Practices (neglect/control, autonomy support, and structure). The neglect/control domain includes two constructs: permissive and pressuring Parenting Practices. The autonomy supportive domain includes four constructs: encouragement, guided choice, involvement in child physical activities, and praises/rewards for their child’s physical activity. Finally, the structure domain includes six constructs: co-participation, expectations, facilitation, modeling, monitoring, and restricting physical activity for safety or academic concerns. The concept mapping analysis provided a useful process to engage experts in re-conceptualizing physical activity Parenting Practices and identified key constructs to include in measures of physical activity Parenting. While the constructs identified ought to be included in measures of physical activity Parenting Practices, it will be important to collect data among parents to further validate the content of these constructs. In conclusion, the method provided a roadmap for developing an item bank that captures key facets of physical activity Parenting and ultimately serves to standardize how we operationalize measures of physical activity Parenting.
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Predicting habits of vegetable Parenting Practices to facilitate the design of change programmes.
Public health nutrition, 2015Co-Authors: Tom Baranowski, Alicia Beltran, Sheryl O. Hughes, Theresa A Nicklas, Teresia M. O'connor, Tzu An Chen, Cassandra S. Diep, Leah Brand, Janice BaranowskiAbstract:OBJECTIVE Habit has been defined as the automatic performance of a usual behaviour. The present paper reports the relationships of variables from a Model of Goal Directed Behavior to four scales in regard to parents' habits when feeding their children: habit of (i) actively involving child in selection of vegetables; (ii) maintaining a positive vegetable environment; (iii) positive communications about vegetables; and (iv) controlling vegetable Practices. We tested the hypothesis that the primary predictor of each habit variable would be the measure of the corresponding Parenting Practice. DESIGN Internet survey data from a mostly female sample. Primary analyses employed regression modelling with backward deletion, controlling for demographics and Parenting Practices behaviour. SETTING Houston, Texas, USA. SUBJECTS Parents of 307 pre-school (3-5-year-old) children. RESULTS Three of the four models accounted for about 50 % of the variance in the Parenting Practices habit scales. Each habit scale was primarily predicted by the corresponding Parenting Practices scale (suggesting validity). The habit of active child involvement in vegetable selection was also most strongly predicted by two barriers and rudimentary self-efficacy; the habit of maintaining a positive vegetable environment by one barrier; the habit of maintaining positive communications about vegetables by an emotional scale; and the habit of controlling vegetable Practices by a perceived behavioural control scale. CONCLUSIONS The predictiveness of the psychosocial variables beyond Parenting Practices behaviour was modest. Discontinuing the habit of ineffective controlling Parenting Practices may require increasing the parent's perceived control of Parenting Practices, perhaps through simulated parent-child interactions.
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Vegetable Parenting Practices scale. Item response modeling analyses.
Appetite, 2015Co-Authors: Tzu An Chen, Alicia Beltran, Janice Baranowski, Sheryl O. Hughes, Teresia M. O'connor, Cassandra S. Diep, Tom BaranowskiAbstract:Abstract Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of a vegetable Parenting Practices scale using multidimensional polytomous item response modeling which enables assessing item fit to latent variables and the distributional characteristics of the items in comparison to the respondents. We also tested for differences in the ways item function (called differential item functioning) across child's gender, ethnicity, age, and household income groups. Method: Parents of 3–5 year old children completed a self-reported vegetable Parenting Practices scale online. Vegetable Parenting Practices consisted of 14 effective vegetable Parenting Practices and 12 ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices items, each with three subscales (responsiveness, structure, and control). Multidimensional polytomous item response modeling was conducted separately on effective vegetable Parenting Practices and ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices. Results: One effective vegetable Parenting Practice item did not fit the model well in the full sample or across demographic groups, and another was a misfit in differential item functioning analyses across child's gender. Significant differential item functioning was detected across children's age and ethnicity groups, and more among effective vegetable Parenting Practices than ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices items. Wright maps showed items only covered parts of the latent trait distribution. The harder- and easier-to-respond ends of the construct were not covered by items for effective vegetable Parenting Practices and ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices, respectively. Conclusions: Several effective vegetable Parenting Practices and ineffective vegetable Parenting Practices scale items functioned differently on the basis of child's demographic characteristics; therefore, researchers should use these vegetable Parenting Practices scales with caution. Item response modeling should be incorporated in analyses of Parenting Practice questionnaires to better assess differences across demographic characteristics.
Mark R. Beauchamp - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Calibration of the food Parenting Practice (FPP) item bank: tools for improving the measurement of food Parenting Practices of parents of 5-12-year-old children.
The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2020Co-Authors: Louise C. Mâsse, Sheryl O. Hughes, Tom Baranowski, Teresia M. O'connor, Yingyi Lin, Claire N. Tugault-lafleur, Mark R. BeauchampAbstract:PURPOSE There has been a call to improve measurement rigour and standardization of food Parenting Practices measures, as well as aligning the measurement of food Parenting Practices with the Parenting literature. Drawing from an expert-informed conceptual framework assessing three key domains of food Parenting Practices (autonomy promotion, control, and structure), this study combined factor analytic methods with Item Response Modeling (IRM) methodology to psychometrically validate responses to the Food Parenting Practice item bank. METHODS A sample of 799 Canadian parents of 5-12-year-old children completed the Food Parenting Practice item bank (129 items measuring 17 constructs). The factorial structure of the responses to the item bank was assessed with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), confirmatory bi-factor item analysis, and IRM. Following these analyses, differential Item Functioning (DIF) and Differential Response Functioning (DRF) analyses were then used to test invariance properties by parents' sex, income and ethnicity. Finally, the efficiency of the item bank was examined using computerized adaptive testing simulations to identify the items to include in a short form. RESULTS Overall, the expert-informed conceptual framework was predominantly supported by the CFA as it retained the same 17 constructs included in the conceptual framework with the exception of the access/availability and permissive constructs which were respectively renamed covert control and accommodating the child to better reflect the content of the final solution. The bi-factor item analyses and IRM analyses revealed that the solution could be simplified to 11 unidimensional constructs and the full item bank included 86-items (empirical reliability from 0.78 to 0.96, except for 1 construct) and the short form had 48 items. CONCLUSION Overall the food Parenting Practice item bank has excellent psychometric properties. The item bank includes an expanded version and short version to meet various study needs. This study provides more efficient tools for assessing how food Parenting Practices influence child dietary behaviours. Next steps are to use the IRM calibrated item bank and draw on computerized adaptive testing methodology to administer the item bank and provide flexibility in item selection.
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Food Parenting Practices for 5 to 12 year old children: a concept map analysis of Parenting and nutrition experts input
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2017Co-Authors: Teresia M. O’connor, Sheryl O. Hughes, Tom Baranowski, Louise C. Mâsse, Mark R. Beauchamp, Allison W. Watts, Truc Pham, Jerica M. Berge, Barbara Fiese, Rebecca GolleyAbstract:Background Parents are an important influence on children’s dietary intake and eating behaviors. However, the lack of a conceptual framework and inconsistent assessment of food Parenting Practices limits our understanding of which food Parenting Practices are most influential on children. The aim of this study was to develop a food Parenting Practice conceptual framework using systematic approaches of literature reviews and expert input. Method A previously completed systematic review of food Parenting Practice instruments and a qualitative study of parents informed the development of a food Parenting Practice item bank consisting of 3632 food Parenting Practice items. The original item bank was further reduced to 110 key food Parenting concepts using binning and winnowing techniques. A panel of 32 experts in Parenting and nutrition were invited to sort the food Parenting Practice concepts into categories that reflected their perceptions of a food Parenting Practice conceptual framework. Multi-dimensional scaling produced a point map of the sorted concepts and hierarchical cluster analysis identified potential solutions. Subjective modifications were used to identify two potential solutions, with additional feedback from the expert panel requested. Results The experts came from 8 countries and 25 participated in the sorting and 23 provided additional feedback. A parsimonious and a comprehensive concept map were developed based on the clustering of the food Parenting Practice constructs. The parsimonious concept map contained 7 constructs, while the comprehensive concept map contained 17 constructs and was informed by a previously published content map for food Parenting Practices. Most of the experts (52%) preferred the comprehensive concept map, while 35% preferred to present both solutions. Conclusion The comprehensive food Parenting Practice conceptual map will provide the basis for developing a calibrated Item Response Modeling (IRM) item bank that can be used with computerized adaptive testing. Such an item bank will allow for more consistency in measuring food Parenting Practices across studies to better assess the impact of food Parenting Practices on child outcomes and the effect of interventions that target parents as agents of change.
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Conceptualizing physical activity Parenting Practices using expert informed concept mapping analysis
BMC public health, 2017Co-Authors: Louise C. Mâsse, Sheryl O. Hughes, Teresia M. O'connor, Mark R. Beauchamp, Tom BaranowskiAbstract:Parents are widely recognized as playing a central role in the development of child behaviors such as physical activity. As there is little agreement as to the dimensions of physical activity-related Parenting Practices that should be measured or how they should be operationalized, this study engaged experts to develop an integrated conceptual framework for assessing Parenting Practices that influence multiple aspects of 5 to 12 year old children’s participation in physical activity. The ultimate goal of this study is to inform the development of an item bank (repository of calibrated items) aimed at measuring physical activity Parenting Practices. Twenty four experts from 6 countries (Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, & United States (US)) sorted 77 physical activity Parenting Practice concepts identified from our previously published synthesis of the literature (74 measures) and survey of Canadian and US parents. Concept Mapping software was used to conduct the multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) analysis and a cluster analysis of the MDS solution of the Expert’s sorting which was qualitatively reviewed and commented on by the Experts. The conceptual framework includes 12 constructs which are presented using three main domains of Parenting Practices (neglect/control, autonomy support, and structure). The neglect/control domain includes two constructs: permissive and pressuring Parenting Practices. The autonomy supportive domain includes four constructs: encouragement, guided choice, involvement in child physical activities, and praises/rewards for their child’s physical activity. Finally, the structure domain includes six constructs: co-participation, expectations, facilitation, modeling, monitoring, and restricting physical activity for safety or academic concerns. The concept mapping analysis provided a useful process to engage experts in re-conceptualizing physical activity Parenting Practices and identified key constructs to include in measures of physical activity Parenting. While the constructs identified ought to be included in measures of physical activity Parenting Practices, it will be important to collect data among parents to further validate the content of these constructs. In conclusion, the method provided a roadmap for developing an item bank that captures key facets of physical activity Parenting and ultimately serves to standardize how we operationalize measures of physical activity Parenting.
