Gough, Thomas and Christiansen, Paul and Hardman, Charlotte A. and Keenan, Gregory S. (2023) The Development and Validation of the Food Insecurity Physical Activity Scale. In: British Feeding and Drinking Group Annual conference, 13-14 April 2023, University of Leeds.
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Food insecurity – defined as having limited access to nutritious foods – is linked with obesity. Previous research has shown food insecurity to be negatively associated with levels of leisure time physical activity (physical activity performed outside of essential activities), possibly due in part to concerns of energy preservation. Currently, no scale exists which measures concerns about performing physical activity in relation to preserving energy. Therefore, the current study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire to capture this factor which may contribute towards lower leisure time physical activity levels – the food insecurity physical activity scale (FIPAS). Male and female participants (N=603) completed an online survey, consisting of the FIPAS, the international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ), the restraint subscale of the Dutch eating behaviour questionnaire, the amotivation subscale of the Behaviour Regulation In Exercise Questionnaire-2, and the Behavioural Inhibition System/Behavioural Approach System Reactivity scale to assess convergent and divergent validity. To assess test-retest reliability, 100 participants completed the FIPAS again two weeks later. An exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor model of the FIPAS - namely ‘Concerns relating to hunger’, ‘Concerns of replenishment and calories’, ‘Concerns of physiological effects of exercise’ and ‘Compensatory behaviours’. Subsequently, a confirmatory factor analysis was performed to assess model fitness. This revealed an acceptable-to-good model fit. Additional analyses showed that the FIPAS had good test-retest reliability and divergent validity.
However, there was no evidence of convergent validity. These findings suggest that the FIPAS is a valid measure. Future studies will incorporate this scale when investigating the association between food insecurity and physical activity.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > School of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Greg Keenan |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2023 10:54 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2023 10:54 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4066 |
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