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Reliability of parental and self–reported determinants of fruit and vegetable intake among 6th graders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Elling Bere  and
Knut-Inge Klepp
Elling Bere*
Affiliation:
Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, Box 1046 Blindern, 0316, Oslo, Norway
Knut-Inge Klepp
Affiliation:
Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, Box 1046 Blindern, 0316, Oslo, Norway
*
*Corresponding author: Email elling.bere@basalmed.uio.no
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Abstract

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Objective:

To assess the reliability of newly developed questionnaires measuring theoretical constructs believed to predict fruit and vegetable consumption among 6th–grade pupils.

Design:

Participating pupils and parents completed questionnaires twice, 14 days apart.

Setting:

One hundred and twenty–nine pupils from 6th–grade classes (average age: 11.9 years) at two schools in Norway and their parents were invited to participate.

Results:

The test–retest reliability was found to be good or very good for scales reported both by the pupils and their parents. All scales showed acceptable to strong correlations between time 1 and time 2, and only one scale had significant different mean values at the two times. The internal consistency reliability of the scales was acceptable to good.

Conclusions:

Sixth graders and their parents are able to provide reliable reports on theoretical determinants of the pupilapos;s fruit and vegetable consumption.

Keywords

FruitVegetablesDeterminantsReliabilityAdolescentsNorway

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 353 - 356
Copyright
Copyright © CAB International 2004

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