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Children's Health Care Volume 39, 2010 - Issue 2
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Assessing Children's Mealtime Problems With the Mealtime Behavior Questionnaire

Kristoffer S. Berlin PhD Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI; Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
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W. Hobart Davies Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Alan H. Silverman Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Douglas W. Woods Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
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Elizabeth A. Fischer Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Colin D. Rudolph Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Pages 142-156 | Published online: 23 Apr 2010
 
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Abstract

A caregiver questionnaire that assesses mealtime problems in children aged 2 to 6 years old was developed. Community caregivers (n = 712) completed the Mealtime Behavior Questionnaire (MBQ) and measures of child behavior and family mealtime behaviors and environment. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed and validated the MBQ's 4 subscales (food refusal/avoidance; food manipulation; mealtime aggression/distress; and choking/, gagging/vomiting). Mealtime problems occurred from “sometimes” to “always” for 1% to 61% of the sample. The MBQ demonstrated excellent to fair internal consistencies, and preliminary evidence for validity was found.

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