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Title: Description of a food parenting practice item bank

Author
item O'CONNOR, TERESIA - Children'S Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)
item PHAM, TRUC - Children'S Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)
item HUGHES, SHERYL - Children'S Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)
item WATTS, ALLSION - University Of British Columbia
item BARANOWSKI, TOM - Children'S Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)
item MASSE, LOUISE - University Of British Columbia

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/1/2014
Publication Date: 5/22/2014
Citation: O'Connor, T., Pham, T., Hughes, S., Watts, A., Baranowski, T., Masse, L. 2014. Description of a food parenting practice item bank [abstract]. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Conference, May 21-24, 2014, San Diego, California. Symposium S09.1.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Several recent reviews have highlighted the large number of instruments currently available to assess food parenting practices (FPP). In order to foster development of instruments that assess behaviorally significant FPP domains with appropriate items, an item bank of FPP is being developed, populated by published items and items reported by parents as important in influencing children's eating behaviors. Here, our aim was to describe the databank of published items. Published FPP instruments were identified from published reviews and supplemented with additional instruments identified via a systematic review of recent publications. Articles that provided psychometric properties of new scales or modifications of existing scales were included. Sample and psychometric information was extrapolated and linked to the published FPP constructs and items. Items were coded at two levels with 19 primary and 1-6 secondary FPP constructs along with the primary food identified. 103 articles, including 75 unique instruments were entered into the databank that yielded 1,892 items. The constructs with the largest number of items were Structure of Eating Environment (196 items) and Food Availability/Accessibility (176 items), which included 188 and 166 unique items (exact duplicates deleted) respectively. The constructs with the least number of items were Redirection (1 item) and Covert Control (9 items, 8 unique items). This comprehensive item bank represents a synthesis of multidisciplinary instruments assessing FPP. Future work will need to examine the factorial and criterion validity of the items and resulting constructs and major gaps of constructs or items that require further development.