Department of Child Development, California State University, Chico, 400 West First Street, Chico, CA, 95929-0220, United States.
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, California State University, Chico, 400 West First Street, Chico, CA, 95929-0002, United States.
Appetite. 2018 Oct 1;129:178-185. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.07.010. Epub 2018 Jul 17.
Mindful eating interventions have become a focus among health professionals, which warrants a need for a psychometrically solid assessment tool. The current study outlines the development and initial validation of the Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ) adapted for Children (MEQ-C). Participants included 262 third through fifth grade students (53% female, 57% white, non-Hispanic) who participated in a mindful eating intervention Foodie U. Data was also collected from 140 parents. Exploratory factor analysis delineated two factors (Awareness and Mindless Eating). Test-retest analysis with a subsample (n = 93) indicated moderate correlations for both factors. The two subscales have good construct validity and can be utilized in an exploratory sense for mindful eating interventions among children. Specifically, the eight-item mindless eating subscale has good internal consistency reliability and can independently be used as a questionnaire to assess overall mindless eating practices among children. Further research is needed to explore and better understand domains of mindful eating among children besides awareness.
正念饮食干预已成为健康专业人士关注的焦点，这就需要一个具有坚实心理测量学基础的评估工具。本研究概述了儿童正念饮食问卷（MEQ-C）的开发和初步验证。参与者包括 262 名三至五年级学生（53%为女性，57%为白种人，非西班牙裔），他们参加了一个正念饮食干预项目“美食大学”。还从 140 名家长那里收集了数据。探索性因素分析划定了两个因素（意识和无意识进食）。对一个子样本（n=93）的重测分析表明，两个因素的相关性中等。这两个分量表具有良好的结构效度，可用于儿童正念饮食干预的探索性研究。具体来说，八条目无意识进食分量表具有良好的内部一致性信度，可独立用作评估儿童无意识进食行为的问卷。还需要进一步研究来探索和更好地理解儿童正念饮食的各个领域，除了意识。
