Spanish Validation of the Self-Perceived Food Literacy Scale: A Five-Factor Model Proposition
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Mediterranean Diet and Adherence in University Students
1.2. Behavior and Food Literacy
1.3. Involvement of Other Psychological Variables
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Design and Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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% | N | % | N | ||
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Sex | University (region) | ||||
Male | 13 | 47 | Cataluña | 3.6 | 13 |
Female | 86.7 | 314 | Madrid | 8.01 | 29 |
Not answered | 0.3 | 1 | Comunidad Valenciana | 4.14 | 15 |
Current work activity | Castilla y León | 2.5 | 9 | ||
No | 74.9 | 271 | Andalucía | 77.35 | 280 |
Yes | 25.1 | 91 | Galicia | 2 | 7 |
-Full time | 50 | 45.5 | País Vasco | 2.4 | 9 |
-Part time | 50 | 45.5 | |||
Family residence | Knowledge area | ||||
Yes | 59.7 | 216 | Scientific/Technological | 14.91 | 54 |
No | 40.3 | 146 | Health Sciences | 54.14 | 196 |
Living in | Social Sciences | 24.85 | 90 | ||
Family | 54.4 | 197 | Humanities | 6.1 | 22 |
Friends | 10.8 | 39 | |||
Couple | 9.7 | 35 | Course | ||
Student residence | 1.7 | 6 | First | 18.8 | 68 |
Roommates | 19.3 | 70 | Second | 47.4 | 171 |
Other | 4.1 | 15 | Third | 6.9 | 25 |
Qualification | Fourth | 15 | 54 | ||
Degree | 87.84 | 318 | Fifth | 7.4 | 27 |
Master’s Degree | 12.16 | 44 | Sixth | 4.4 | 16 |
Model | χ2 | gl | p | CFI | RMSEA | LO 90% | HI 90% | GFI | AGFI | TLI | AIC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M0 | 2463.03 | 377 | <0.001 | 0.50 | 0.124 | 0.119 | 0.128 | 0.66 | 0.61 | 0.46 | 2579.03 |
M1 | 2252.01 | 299 | <0.001 | 0.52 | 0.135 | 0.129 | 0.140 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 0.48 | 2356.01 |
M2 | 466.80 | 254 | <0.001 | 0.94 | 0.048 | 0.041 | 0.055 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 608.80 |
M3 | 487.58 | 284 | <0.001 | 0.95 | 0.045 | 0.038 | 0.051 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.94 | 621.58 |
MEDAS | SPFL | UPPS-P | SF12 | BMI | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Range | Mn | SD | S | K | K-S | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MEDAS | 1 | 1–12 | 8.00 | 1.89 | −0.34 | 0.29 | 0.13 ** | |||||||||
SPFL | 0.59 ** | 1 | 1.93–4.79 | 3.50 | 0.55 | −0.21 | −0.46 | 0.05 * | ||||||||
UPPS-P | −0.10 | −0.26 ** | 1 | 1.25–3.50 | 2.20 | 0.40 | 0.16 | −0.01 | 0.05 * | |||||||
SF12 | 0.20 ** | 0.31 ** | −0.26 ** | 1 | 14–46 | 35.00 | 5.83 | −0.57 | −0.27 | 0.10 ** | ||||||
BMI | −0.03 | −0.04 | 0.03 | −0.13 * | 1 | 14.5–33.3 | 21.51 | 3.23 | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.09 ** | |||||
F1 | 0.45 ** | 0.71 ** | −0.16 * | 0.20 ** | 0.07 | 1 | 1–5 | 3.83 | 0.61 | −0.59 | −0.08 | 0.09 ** | ||||
F2 | 0.34 ** | 0.65 ** | −0.30 ** | 0.33 ** | −0.10 | 0.36 ** | 1 | 1.33–5 | 3.50 | 0.43 | −0.26 | 0.05 | 0.07 ** | |||
F3 | 0.59 ** | 0.82 ** | −0.14 * | 0.23 ** | −0.12 * | 0.51 ** | 0.43 ** | 1 | 1.17–5 | 3.33 | 0.78 | −0.25 | −0.25 | 0.08 ** | ||
F4 | 0.40 ** | 0.72 ** | −0.20 ** | 0.19 ** | 0.01 | 0.35 ** | 0.31 ** | 0.55 ** | 1 | 1–5 | 3.25 | 1.03 | −0.22 | −0.63 | 0.08 ** | |
F5 | 0.33 ** | 0.63 ** | −0.12 * | 0.18 ** | 0.00 | 0.24 ** | 0.34 ** | 0.42 ** | −0.34 ** | 1 | 1–5 | 4.00 | 1.01 | −0.98 | 0.44 | 0.15 ** |
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Luque, B.; Villaécija, J.; Ramallo, A.; de Matos, M.G.; Castillo-Mayén, R.; Cuadrado, E.; Tabernero, C. Spanish Validation of the Self-Perceived Food Literacy Scale: A Five-Factor Model Proposition. Nutrients 2022, 14, 2902. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142902
Luque B, Villaécija J, Ramallo A, de Matos MG, Castillo-Mayén R, Cuadrado E, Tabernero C. Spanish Validation of the Self-Perceived Food Literacy Scale: A Five-Factor Model Proposition. Nutrients. 2022; 14(14):2902. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142902
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuque, Bárbara, Joaquín Villaécija, Ana Ramallo, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Rosario Castillo-Mayén, Esther Cuadrado, and Carmen Tabernero. 2022. "Spanish Validation of the Self-Perceived Food Literacy Scale: A Five-Factor Model Proposition" Nutrients 14, no. 14: 2902. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142902