Psychometric Properties of Wardle's Parental Feeding Style Questionnaire

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Azam Davoodi ¹
• Anis Ahadi ²

¹ Assistant Proessor, Department of Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

² Department of Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

The Parental Feeding Style Questionnaire (PFSQ) is a tool to assess parental feeding practices. The aim of this study was to validate PFSQ which includes 27 questions and four factors. After translation of the survey and review by the experts, 298 parents of children 6-11 years old were selected from elementary schools in 4 areas of city of Shiraz using multi-stage cluster sampling. In order to assess construct validity, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were applied. The exploratory factor categorized in 4 factors. two questions omitted because they didn't have good meaning of factore loading on their factor. The result showed internal reliability coefficients (Cronbach's α) of 0.74-0.85. Meanwhile, confirmatory factor analysis for a 4-factor model indicates that fitting model to the data is acceptable. The result showed that the four factors of parental feeding style questionnaire have good and acceptable validity and reliability. This questionnaire can be used in psychological research in Iran.

Keywords

• validity
• Reliability
• Psychometric
• Parental Feeding Style

20.1001.1.22285516.1398.10.37.3.2

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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