UPM Institutional Repository

Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children


Citation

Mohd Shariff, Zalilah and Mohamed Yasin, Zaidah (2005) Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 100 (2). pp. 463-472. ISSN 0031-5125; ESSN: 1558-688X

Abstract

A total of 107 Malay primary school girls (8–9 yr. old) completed a set of measurements on eating behavior (ChEAT, food neophobia scales, and dieting experience), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, body shape satisfaction, dietary intake, weight, and height. About 38% of the girls scored 20 and more on the ChEAT, and 46% of them reported dieting by reducing sugar and sweets (73%), skipping meals (67%), reducing fat foods (60%) and snacks (53%) as the most frequent methods practiced. In general, those girls with higher ChEAT scores tended to have lower self-esteem (r = .39), indicating they were more unwilling to try new foods (food neophobic) (r = .29), chose a smaller figure for desired body size (r = -.25), and were more dissatisfied with their body size (r = .31).


Download File

[img]
Preview
 PDF (Abstract)
Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children.pdf
Download (48kB) | Preview

Additional Metadata

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.100.2.463-472
Publisher: Ammons Scientific
Keywords: Feeding behavior; Female; Personality test; Psychological aspect; Child
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2015 01:33
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2015 01:35
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.2466/pms.100.2.463-472
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40413
Statistic Details: View Download Statistic

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item