TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and factor structure of the Baby Eating Behaviour Questionnaire in the Gemini birth cohort
AU - Llewellyn, Clare H
AU - van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M
AU - Johnson, Laura
AU - Carnell, Susan
AU - Wardle, Jane
N1 - Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The objective of this study was to develop a parent-report psychometric measure of infant appetite during the period of exclusive milk-feeding. Constructs and items for the Baby Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (BEBQ) were derived from an existing psychometric measure validated for older ages, the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire, supplemented by a review of the literature on milk-feeding behaviours. Cognitive interviewing with a sample of mothers (n=10) was used to refine the questions. The factor structure of the 18-item BEBQ was assessed in infants (one per family) from the Gemini twin birth cohort (n=2402 families). Principal Component Analysis identified four distinct appetitive constructs, all of which had good internal reliability: 'enjoyment of food' (Cronbach's α=0.81), 'food responsiveness' (α=0.79), 'slowness in eating' (α=0.76), and 'satiety responsiveness' (α=0.73). A single item assessing 'general appetite' correlated with all of the constructs. The BEBQ is the first standardised measure of infant appetite designed to characterise appetitive traits that might confer susceptibility to excess weight gain.
AB - The objective of this study was to develop a parent-report psychometric measure of infant appetite during the period of exclusive milk-feeding. Constructs and items for the Baby Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (BEBQ) were derived from an existing psychometric measure validated for older ages, the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire, supplemented by a review of the literature on milk-feeding behaviours. Cognitive interviewing with a sample of mothers (n=10) was used to refine the questions. The factor structure of the 18-item BEBQ was assessed in infants (one per family) from the Gemini twin birth cohort (n=2402 families). Principal Component Analysis identified four distinct appetitive constructs, all of which had good internal reliability: 'enjoyment of food' (Cronbach's α=0.81), 'food responsiveness' (α=0.79), 'slowness in eating' (α=0.76), and 'satiety responsiveness' (α=0.73). A single item assessing 'general appetite' correlated with all of the constructs. The BEBQ is the first standardised measure of infant appetite designed to characterise appetitive traits that might confer susceptibility to excess weight gain.
U2 - 10.1016/j.appet.2011.05.324
DO - 10.1016/j.appet.2011.05.324
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 21672566
SN - 1095-8304
VL - 57
SP - 388
EP - 396
JO - Appetite
JF - Appetite
IS - 2
ER -