title: Initial development and testing of a questionnaire of parental self-efficacy for enacting healthy lifestyles in their children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to develop and test a questionnaire to assess parental self-efficacy for enacting healthy diet and physical activity behaviors in their 6- to 11-year-old children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 35-item questionnaire was developed and tested with 146 U.S. parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participant responses resulted in a 34-item questionnaire with two subscales (dietary behaviors and physical activity behaviors), which were valid and reliable in the study sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This new measure will serve as a tool for the assessment of parental self-efficacy for enacting healthy lifestyles in their children 6-11 years old.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Florida College of Nursing, Orlando, Florida, USA. Jonathan.Decker@ucf.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Decker
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology