Italian version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Psychometric proprieties and measurement invariance across sex, BMI-status and age
Italian version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Psychometric proprieties and measurement invariance across sex, BMI-status and age
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DOI：
10.1016/j.appet.2013.08.010
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
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5.4
通讯作者：
Caccialanza, Riccardo
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作者：
Dakanalis, Antonios;Zanetti, M. Assunta;Caccialanza, Riccardo
这项研究的目的是检验荷兰饮食行为问卷(DEBQ)的基本心理测量特性及其在性别、BMI状态(正常体重/超重)和年龄之间的测量不变性，在990名意大利成年人的社区样本中。用探索性因素分析对DEBQ的维度进行分析，发现存在三个主要因素--情绪、节制和外在进食。单组和多组验证性因素分析复制了三因素结构，并且这种维度结构被证明在性别、BMI状态和年龄之间是不变的。研究结果支持与标准相关的效度(例如，通过与饮食态度测试-26的关联)。在为期4周的时间里，DEBQS各分量表显示出较高的内部一致性和重测信度。在比较性别、BMI和年龄组的情绪、外在和节制进食的潜在方式时，发现了统计学上的显著差异，并结合理论、过去和最近的经验结果进行了讨论。总体而言，结果支持DEBQ的测量不变性，并表明意大利语版本是评估成年人饮食行为的心理测量学可靠、有效和有用的测量工具。(C)2013爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
The purpose of this study was to examine the basic psychometric proprieties of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) and its measurement invariance across sex, BMI-status (normal weight/overweight), and age in a community sample of 990 Italian adults. The analysis of the dimensionality of the DEBQ using exploratory factor analysis revealed the existence of three major factors - emotional, restrained and external eating. Single and multi-group confirmatory factor analyses replicated the three-factor structure, and this dimensional structure proved to be invariant across sex, BMI-status, and age. Findings upheld the criterion-related validity (e.g., via its associations with Eating Attitudes Test-26). The DEBQs subscales displayed high internal consistency and test-retest reliability over a 4-week period. Statistically significant differences were found when sex, BMI and age groups are compared in the latent means of emotional, external and restrained eating and they are discussed with reference to theory, past and recent empirical findings. Overall, results support the measurement invariance of the DEBQ and suggest that the Italian version is a psychometrically reliable, valid and useful measurement instrument for assessing adult eating behaviors. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.