Journal
APPETITE
Volume 82, Issue -, Pages 43-49Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.06.026
Keywords
Eating behaviour; Infant feeding; Infant weight; Breastfeeding; Confirmatory factor analysis
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- RBWH Research Advisory
- RBWH Foundation
- National Health and Medical Research Council [1017169]
- Heinz Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - H.J. Heinz
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the factor structure of the Baby Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (BEBQ) in an Australian community sample of mother-infant dyads. A secondary aim was to explore the relationship between the BEBQ subscales and infant gender, weight and current feeding mode. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) utilising structural equation modelling examined the hypothesised four-factor model of the BEBQ. Only mothers (N = 467) who completed all items on the BEBQ(infant age: M = 17 weeks, SD = 3 weeks) were included in the analysis. The original four-factor model did not provide an acceptable fit to the data due to poor performance of the Satiety responsiveness factor. Removal of this factor (three items) resulted in a well-fitting three-factor model. Cronbach's alpha was acceptable for the Enjoyment offood (alpha = 0.73), Food responsiveness (alpha = 0.78) and Slowness in eating (alpha = 0.68) subscales but low for the Satiety responsiveness (alpha = 0.56) subscale. Enjoyment of food was associated with higher infant weight whereas Slowness in eating and Satiety responsiveness were both associated with lower infant weight. Differences on all four subscales as a function of feeding mode were observed. This study is the first to use CFA to evaluate the hypothesised factor structure of the BEBQ Findings support further development work on the Satiety responsiveness subscale in particular, but confirm the utility of the Enjoyment of food, Food responsiveness and Slowness in eating subscales. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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