Adolescent Food Parenting Questionnaire: Evaluation Of Turkish Psychometric Properties of Parent And Adolescent Versions

Purpose: This study aimed to adapt the "Adolescent Food Parenting Questionnaire: Parent and Adolescent Version" into Turkish and conduct validity and reliability studies. Material and Methods: The research was carried out in methodological type and was carried out with 337 adolescents aged 12-16 years and their parents between June to September 2022. Data were collected with the Child and Parent Information Form and Adolescent Food Parent Questionnaire. Content validity, construct validity, internal consistency reliability, and item analysis were used to determine the questionnaire’s psychometric properties. Results: Both parent and adolescent versions of the Adolescent Food Parenting Questionnaire contain 16 items. The results of the exploratory factor analysis determined that the five-factor structure explained 50.45% of the total Variance for the parent version and 63.31% of the total Variance for the adolescent version. In addition, item factor loads for the parent version ranged from 0.32 to 0.71, while item factor loads for the adolescent version ranged from 0.37 to 0.75. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, the goodness of fit values of the parent version were χ2/sd=2.030, RMSEA=0.055, GFI=0.94, CFI=0.95, IFI=0.95, RFI=0.87, NFI=0.90, TLI =0.93, and the adolescent version were χ2/sd=1.672, RMSEA = 0.045, GFI = 0.95, CFI = 0.96, IFI = 0.96, RFI = 0.88, NFI = 0.91, and TLI = 0.95. The Cronbach alpha value for the entire parent version was 0.86, and the Cronbach alpha values for all sub-dimensions were determined to vary between 0.60 and 0.84. The adolescent version’s overall cronbach alpha was determined to be 0.88, and the adolescent version’s sub-dimension Cronbach alpha values were discovered to vary between 0.63 and 0.841. Conclusion: As a result of the research, it was determined that the "Adolescent Food Parenting Questionnaire: Parent and Adolescent Version" is a valid and reliable measurement tool to be used specifically for Turkish society.