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Table 7 Independent and multi-group CFAs for child eating 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 eating behaviour questionnaire

 Food responsiveness

  Food Secure

7.902(5), p = .16

.985

.059 (.000 - .133)

–

  Food Insecure

14.460(5), p = .01

.939

.163 (.068 - .265)

–

 Emotional overeating

  Food Secure

9.252(2), p = .01

.982

.148 (.062 - .250)

–

  Food Insecure

3.071(2), p = .22

.994

.087 (.000 - .267)

–

 Enjoyment of food

  Food Secure

0.919(2), p = .63

1.000

.000 (.000 - .122)

–

  Food Insecure

1.103(2), p = .58

1.000

.000 (.000 - .198)

–

  Configural Invariance

2.026(4), p = .73

1.000

.000 (.000 - .071)

50.026

  Loading Invariance

2.618(7), p = .92

1.000

.000 (.000 - .029)

44.618

  Intercept Invariance

5.375(11), p = .91

1.000

.000 (.000 - .026)

39.375

 Desire to drink

  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

0.038(2), p = .98

1.000

.000 (.000 - .000)

32.038

  Intercept Invariance

11.416(5), p = .04

.985

.074 (.012 - .131)

37.416

 Satiety responsiveness

  Food Secure

2.167(5), p = .83

1.000

.000 (.000 - .064)

–

  Food Insecure

4.392(5), p = .49

1.000

.000 (.000 - .154)

–

  Configural Invariance

6.579(10), p = .77

1.000

.000 (.000 - .049)

66.579

  Loading Invariance

20.049(14), p = .13

.976

.043 (.000 - .082)

72.049

  Intercept Invariance

25.077(19), p = .16

.976

.037 (.000 - .072)

67.077

 Slowness in eating

  Food Secure

17.342(2), p < .01

.904

.215 (.129 - .313)

–

  Food Insecure

2.063(2), p = .36

.999

.021 (.000 - .237)

–

 Emotional undereating

  Food Secure

2.852(2), p = .24

.996

.051 (.000 - .171)

–

  Food Insecure

10.301(2), p < .01

.843

.242 (.111 - .397)

–

 Food fussiness

  Food Secure

27.170(9), p < .01

.969

.110 (.064 - .159)

–

  Food Insecure

48.759(9), p < .01

.797

.249 (.183 - .320)

–

  1. Note. Italicized analyses represent independent CFAs examining each subscale as a single latent factor. Food Responsiveness has 5 indicators, Emotional Overeating has 4 indicators, Enjoyment of Food has 4 indicators, Desire to Drink has 3 indicators, Satiety Responsiveness has 5 indicators, Slowness in Eating has 4 indicators, Emotional Undereating has 4 indicators, and Food Fussiness has 6 indicators. AIC is a comparative fit index for two or more groups