title: Field testing a questionnaire assessing parental psychosocial factors related to consumption of calcium-rich foods by Hispanic, Asian, and Non-Hispanic white young adolescent children.
abstract: Intervention strategies to increase calcium intake of parents and young adolescent children could be improved by identifying psychosocial factors influencing intake. The objective was to develop a tool to assess factors related to calcium intake among parents and Hispanic, Asian, and non-Hispanic white young adolescent children (10-13 years) meeting acceptable standards for psychometric properties. A parent questionnaire was constructed from interviews conducted to identify factors. Parents (n = 166) in the United States completed the questionnaire, with seventy-one completing it twice. Two constructs (Attitudes/Preferences and Social/Environmental) were identified and described by eighteen subscales with Cronbach's alpha levels from .50 to .79. Test-retest coefficients ranged from .68 to .85 (p < .001). Several subscales were statistically significantly associated with parent characteristics consistent with theory and published literature. This tool shows promise as a valid and reliable measure of factors associated with calcium-rich food intake among parents and young adolescent children.
authors.affiliation: a Pentec Health, Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, USA ; Nutrition Science, Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana , USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vyduna
authors.affiliation: b Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ; Nutrition Science, Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana , USA.
authors.forename: Carol J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Boushey
authors.affiliation: c Food Science and Technology , University of California Davis , Davis , California , USA.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bruhn
authors.affiliation: d Food Science and Nutrition , University of Minnesota , St. Paul , Minnesota , USA.
authors.forename: Marla
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reicks
authors.affiliation: e Food Science and Human Nutrition , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , Colorado , USA.
authors.forename: Garry W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Auld
authors.affiliation: f Nutrition and Exercise Sciences , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon , USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cluskey
authors.affiliation: g Nutrition and Exercise Physiology , Washington State University , Spokane , Washington , USA.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Edlefsen
authors.affiliation: h Nutritional Sciences , University of Arizona , Tucson , Arizona , USA.
authors.forename: Scottie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Misner
authors.affiliation: i Department of Nutritional Sciences , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin , USA.
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.affiliation: j The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland; Nutrition Science , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana , USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schram
authors.affiliation: k National Nutrition Institute , Cairo , Egypt.
authors.forename: Sahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaghloul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary
keywords: Adolescent; Asian; Hispanic; calcium-rich foods; non-Hispanic white; parent; psychosocial factors