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Table 6 Independent and multi-group CFAs for parent feeding in food secure and insecure households

From: Measurement equivalence of child feeding and eating measures across gender, ethnicity, and household food security

 

Overall fit indices

Comparative fit

Subscale

χ2 (df)

CFI

RMSEA (90% CI)

AIC

Child feeding questionnaire

 Perceived parent weight

  Food Secure

36.347(2), p < .01

.724

.322 (.235 - .417)

  Food Insecure

2.912(2), p = .23

.973

.080 (.000 - .263)

 Concern child weight

  Food Secure

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

  Food Insecure

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

  Configural Invariance

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

36.000

  Loading Invariance

3.195(2), p = .20

.996

.050 (.000 - .148)

35.195

  Intercept Invariance

6.362(5), p = .27

.996

.034 (.000 - .101)

32.362

 Parental responsibility

  Food Secure

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

  Food Insecure

0.000(0)

1.000

.000

  Configural Invariance

0.000)0)

1.000

.000

36.000

  Loading Invariance

8.605(2), p = .01

.986

.118 (.046 - .204)

40.605

 Restriction

  Food Secure

207.007 (20), p < .01

.651

.237 (.209 - .267)

  Food Insecure

92.144 (20), p < .01

.706

.225 (.180 - .273)

 Pressure to eat

  Food Secure

1.848(2), p = .40

1.000

.000 (.000 - .150)

  Food Insecure

9.570(2), p < .01

.911

.231 (.099 - .386)

  1. Note. Italicized analyses represent independent CFAs examining each subscale as a single factor. Perceived Parent Weight has 4 indicators, Concern about Child Weight has 3 indicators, Parental Responsibility has 3 indicators, Restriction has 8 indicators and Pressure to Eat has 4 indicators. AIC is a comparative fit index for two or more groups