Validation of the Scale on Parental Feeding Behaviors (ECOPAL) for Caregivers of Mexican Children

Nutrients · 4 authors, 3 centres

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The process involved item generation, piloting, and psychometric evaluation using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on 581 cases and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

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The process involved item generation, piloting, and psychometric evaluation using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on 581 cases and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Constructs not retained included modeling, eating habits, child involvement, and negotiation. Limitations include potential memory and social desirability biases inherent to self-report, and sampling bias from social media recruitment, which may limit generalizability.

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PMC10489717

Validation of the Scale on Parental Feeding Behaviors (ECOPAL) for Caregivers of Mexican Children

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Abstract Parental feeding practices can be crucial to preventing childhood obesity. This study aimed to validate a self-applicable instrument for evaluating the diverse parental feeding behaviors of Mexican caregivers based on the theoretical constructs of coercive control, structure, and autonomy support. The scale’s content validity achieved significant values when assessed by expert judges, with moderate intensity in congruence (Kendall’s W = 0.462; p = 0.000) and clarity (Kendall’s W = 0.369; p = 0.001). The participants were 1185 Mexican adults (32.7 ± 7.6 years of age, 97% women, and 90% mothers) responsible for the main meal of at least one child (4.8 ± 3 years old). The data were subdivided randomly for an exploratory factor analysis ( n = 581) and a confirmatory factorial analysis (n = 604). The first analysis grouped the items into 11 factors, with an accumulated variance of 63.9%. In the confirmatory analysis, a 10-factor model showed a better fit (CMIN = 1531.5, p < 0.001, CMIN/df = 2.20, RSEA = 0.045, CFI = 0.92, TLI, 0.91, and NFI = 0.87). The factors in this model were (1) the disposition of non-recommended foods, (2) nutritional education, (3) pressure to eat, (4) praise for healthy eating, (5) monitoring of consumption, (6) structured offer of fruits and vegetables, (7) consumption conditioning, (8) overt restriction, (9) guided choices, and (10) covert restriction. The Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.816. Therefore, this scale presents good psychometric properties with which to evaluate the frequency of child caregivers’ feeding behaviors in the context of ten different feeding practices in Mexico’s urban areas and contributes to the knowledge of current practices in the Mexican population. It also evaluates changes resulting from future interventions that promote eating practices that favor the formation of healthy eating habits. Keywords: parental feeding behaviors, healthy feeding, prevention, childhood obesity, upbringing

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Marina Liliana González-Torres, Xochitl Garza-Olivares, Gabriela Navarro-Contreras et al.. Validation of the Scale on Parental Feeding Behaviors (ECOPAL) for Caregivers of Mexican Children. Nutrients. (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15173698

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Marina Liliana González-Torres, Xochitl Garza-Olivares, Gabriela Navarro-Contreras, Lidia Alejandra González-Orozco

1Department of Psychology, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 20100, Mexico; [email protected]
2Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico; [email protected]
3Department of Psychology, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato 37670, Mexico; [email protected]