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Development and preliminary validation of the Parent Efficacy for Child Healthy Weight Behaviour Scale

Marina Nelson1, Melissa Christine Davis

  • 1Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Journal of Health Psychology
|April 5, 2012
PubMed

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This study introduces the Parent Efficacy for Child Healthy Weight Behaviour Scale (PECHWB) to measure parents' confidence in promoting healthy child weight. The PECHWB demonstrates initial reliability and validity for this important parenting construct.

Area of Science:

  • Child Health
  • Parenting Research
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Parental self-efficacy is crucial for promoting children's healthy weight behaviors.
  • Existing measures may not adequately capture specific parental confidence in this domain.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a new scale, the Parent Efficacy for Child Healthy Weight Behaviour Scale (PECHWB).
  • To assess the psychometric properties of the PECHWB in a sample of primary caregivers.

Main Methods:

  • Online survey administered to 601 primary caregivers of children aged 4-17.
  • Included the PECHWB, general parenting self-efficacy, and measures of parental negative affect (depression, anxiety, stress).
  • Factor analysis was used to determine the scale's structure and internal consistency.

Main Results:

  • Factor analysis revealed four subscales for the PECHWB with high internal consistency.
  • The PECHWB demonstrated positive correlations with general parenting self-efficacy.
  • The PECHWB showed negative correlations with parental negative affect.

Conclusions:

  • The PECHWB shows promising initial reliability and validity for measuring parent self-efficacy in promoting child healthy weight behaviors.
  • Further validation in independent samples is recommended before widespread use in intervention research.

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