Development and Evaluation of WillTry: An Instrument for Measuring Children\u27s Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables

This paper describes the development and evaluation of the WillTry instrument, a psychometric tool designed to measure children\u27s willingness to try fruits and vegetables. WillTry surveys were interviewer-administered to 284 children in an elementary school and summer day camps located in rural Mississippi and Arkansas (United States) communities. Factor analysis was used to determine construct dimensionality. Additional evaluation included internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and predictive validity. Factor analysis suggested a single dimension for the food items. The WillTry food scale had substantial reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients between 0.61 and 0.80) and sufficient internal consistency (Cronbach\u27s alpha \u3e= 0.70). Results of the regression analysis for percent consumption of foods offered on WillTry response confirmed the predictive validity of the instrument. The results of these analyses provide psychometric evidence for the use of the WillTry instrument as a measure of willingness to try fruits and vegetables in rural, southern US children 5-14 years of age. Published by Elsevier Ltd

Historias paranormales de las comunidades de Sabana Centro, Cundinamarca.

Los fantasmas, las casas embrujadas, los mohanes, los extraterrestres son historias de los territorios que se construyen como paranormales, pero que viven y perduran en espacios reales. En Sabana Centro, hay un sinfín de ellas y este libro es un primer acercamiento a las mismas, donde tratamos de comprender (solo un poco) la incidencia de estos relatos en la visión del espacio habitado. “Por allí no pase”, “hay fantasmas que asustan”, “sentí miedo”, son algunas de las expresiones que a nivel social comienzan a asociarse a edificios, sitios, esquinas, minas, y otros tantos lugares que serán socialmente compartidos