title: A new measure of dietary social support among African American adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and evaluate a measure of social support for fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption among economically disadvantaged African American adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Focus groups (N = 30) and pilot testing procedures (N = 17) were used to develop and pretest questionnaire items. Item, reliability, and validity analyses were conducted in a separate sample of 93 youth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The measure was internally consistent (Cronbach alpha = .93) and valid, as evidenced by significant correlations found with construct (diet-specific family support) and criterion (FV consumption) measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The measure is a promising method for assessing social support for FV consumption in this population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, USA. dinoiaj@wpunj.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Di Noia
authors.forename: Debbe
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Lakeesha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires