Assessing of Parental Feeding Practice for Childhood in Indonesia: A Rasch Insight

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10.2991/978-94-6463-494-5_12How to use a DOI?

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Child Feeding Questionnaire; Rasch analysis; Parental feeding practices; Psychometric properties; Nutritional behaviors; Indonesia

Abstract

Parental feeding practice is a topic that has developed rapidly over the last three decades because it has a significant impact on the formation of healthy eating habits, optimal nutritional satisfaction, weight control, positive eating patterns, and the development of child’s eating skills. Regretfully, there are currently no measuring instruments available to assess parental feeding practices among Indonesians. The purpose of this study is to translate and validate the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) into Bahasa Indonesia (ID-CFQ) via Rasch analysis. Using the same scale, we also mapped the profile of parental feeding practices in the Indonesian sample group. We analysed 432 parents, consisting of 165 fathers (mean age = 32.7; S.D = 6.03) and 267 mothers (mean age = 30.4; S.D = 6.36), regarding their attitudes, beliefs, and tendency to use control in feeding their children (age 1–6 years old). The findings of this study indicate that the ID-CFQ has adequate psychometric properties to assess parental feeding practices for children. The mean score of parental feeding practice for children in this study is in the high category. Parents with postgraduate education showed higher parental feeding practice scores compared to those of other educational groups. Meanwhile, a significant difference was found for mothers who had a higher parental feeding practice scores than fathers’. In addition, parents had the most trouble monitoring the high-fat foods their child consumed. The study’s findings are discussed in terms of parental feeding practice awareness, knowledge, consistency, and role allocation. The extent of understanding of communication factors, family eating patterns, and children’s nutritional requirements has substantial implications for the implementation of parental feeding practices.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Itsar Bolo Rangka
AU  - Nur Hidayah
AU  - Fattah Hanurawan
AU  - Nur Eva
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/08/22
TI  - Assessing of Parental Feeding Practice for Childhood in Indonesia: A Rasch Insight
BT  - Proceedings of the Pacific-Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 200
EP  - 216
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-494-5_12
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-494-5_12
ID  - Rangka2024
ER  -