Health Education Research, Vol. 16, No. 2, 187-200,
April 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
Child-reported family and peer influences on fruit, juice and vegetable consumption: reliability and validity of measures
1 Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030,
2 Department of Behavioral Science, Box 243, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston,TX 77030-4095 and
3 Quintiles, Inc., PO Box 13979, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3979, USA
Family, peers and other environmental factors are likely to influence children's dietary behavior but few measures of these phenomena exist. Questionnaires to measure family and peer influences on children's fruit, juice and vegetable (FJV) consumption were developed and pilot tested with an ethnically diverse group of Grade 4–6 children. Principal components analyses revealed subscales with acceptable internal consistencies that measured parent and peer FJV modeling, normative beliefs, normative expectations, perceived peer FJV norms, supportive and permissive parenting practices, food rules, permissive eating, and child food preparation. Internal consistencies were adequate to high, but test–re-test correlations often were low. Children also completed questionnaires on FJV availability and accessibility in the home, and food records for 2 days in the classroom. Parental modeling, peer normative beliefs and FV availability were significantly correlated with FJV consumption. Further research with these scales is warranted.
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