Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the food neophobia scale: Turkish sample

Purpose: The Food Neophobia Scale developed by Pliner and Hobden (1992) has been widely utilized globally and in Turkey for many years to measure people's fear of new foods. This study aims to determine the mean value by conducting a reliability generalization meta-analysis for the reported rel...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eray Polat, Serkan Çalışkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Hellenic University 2024-06-01
Series:Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing
Subjects:
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/records/13777892/files/10-1-6.pdf?download=1
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850121674752524288
author Eray Polat
Serkan Çalışkan
author_facet Eray Polat
Serkan Çalışkan
author_sort Eray Polat
collection DOAJ
description Purpose: The Food Neophobia Scale developed by Pliner and Hobden (1992) has been widely utilized globally and in Turkey for many years to measure people's fear of new foods. This study aims to determine the mean value by conducting a reliability generalization meta-analysis for the reported reliability coefficients of individual studies in Turkey's tourism field, which employed Pliner and Hobden's scale to investigate food neophobia. Additionally, this study explores variations in the mean value among subgroups. Methods: A reliability generalization meta-analysis based on a random-effects model was conducted to examine the heterogeneity of reliability coefficients in the study, along with heterogeneity analyses and moderator analyses. Results: Based on the analysis of 48 independent samples (N= 23306), the transformed mean Cronbach's alpha value was estimated to be .827 (95% CI [.796-.853]) and found to be significant. The Q-test and I2 values reveal significant heterogeneity between alpha coefficients, indicating a notable variation in the measurement reliability across samples. Moderator analyses using analog to the ANOVA and meta-regression analyses showed that reliability coefficients differed according to the variables of publication type, sample type, and proportion of women in the sample. Implications: The results offer valuable insight for researchers seeking to select appropriate scales for investigating food neophobia.
format Article
id doaj-art-ae7570fdd70d4141bcd69280c73f5885
institution OA Journals
issn 2529-1947
language English
publishDate 2024-06-01
publisher International Hellenic University
record_format Article
series Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing
spelling doaj-art-ae7570fdd70d4141bcd69280c73f58852025-08-20T02:35:01ZengInternational Hellenic UniversityJournal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing2529-19472024-06-01101556410.5281/zenodo.13777892Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the food neophobia scale: Turkish sampleEray Polat0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1470-4298Serkan Çalışkan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4996-8640Gumushane UniversityKastamonu UniversityPurpose: The Food Neophobia Scale developed by Pliner and Hobden (1992) has been widely utilized globally and in Turkey for many years to measure people's fear of new foods. This study aims to determine the mean value by conducting a reliability generalization meta-analysis for the reported reliability coefficients of individual studies in Turkey's tourism field, which employed Pliner and Hobden's scale to investigate food neophobia. Additionally, this study explores variations in the mean value among subgroups. Methods: A reliability generalization meta-analysis based on a random-effects model was conducted to examine the heterogeneity of reliability coefficients in the study, along with heterogeneity analyses and moderator analyses. Results: Based on the analysis of 48 independent samples (N= 23306), the transformed mean Cronbach's alpha value was estimated to be .827 (95% CI [.796-.853]) and found to be significant. The Q-test and I2 values reveal significant heterogeneity between alpha coefficients, indicating a notable variation in the measurement reliability across samples. Moderator analyses using analog to the ANOVA and meta-regression analyses showed that reliability coefficients differed according to the variables of publication type, sample type, and proportion of women in the sample. Implications: The results offer valuable insight for researchers seeking to select appropriate scales for investigating food neophobia.https://zenodo.org/records/13777892/files/10-1-6.pdf?download=1food neophobiareliability generalizationmeta-analysis
spellingShingle Eray Polat
Serkan Çalışkan
Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the food neophobia scale: Turkish sample
Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing
food neophobia
reliability generalization
meta-analysis
title Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the food neophobia scale: Turkish sample
title_full Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the food neophobia scale: Turkish sample
title_fullStr Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the food neophobia scale: Turkish sample
title_full_unstemmed Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the food neophobia scale: Turkish sample
title_short Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the food neophobia scale: Turkish sample
title_sort reliability generalization meta analysis of the food neophobia scale turkish sample
topic food neophobia
reliability generalization
meta-analysis
url https://zenodo.org/records/13777892/files/10-1-6.pdf?download=1
work_keys_str_mv AT eraypolat reliabilitygeneralizationmetaanalysisofthefoodneophobiascaleturkishsample
AT serkancalıskan reliabilitygeneralizationmetaanalysisofthefoodneophobiascaleturkishsample