Department of Stress Sciences and Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Oct;26(7):2135-2142. doi: 10.1007/s40519-020-01061-9. Epub 2020 Nov 2.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the fear of food measure (FOFM) in Japanese women.
This study was a cross-sectional, observational, and multicenter study conducted at the University of Tokyo and Kyushu University. Participants were comprised of 169 healthy women and 149 patients with eating disorders. First, the present study explored the factor structure of FOFM in Japanese women using exploratory factor analyses. Then, the Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega were calculated to assess reliability. Concurrent validity was examined by calculating correlation coefficients with the Eating Attitudes Test, negative affect of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Additionally, the Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to compare scores between the healthy control and patient group.
The final model had four subscales. The subscales, thus, had high reliability and showed significant positive correlations with the questionnaires. The scores of subscales in the patient group were significantly higher than those in the healthy control group.
The FOFM had a four-factor structure in Japanese women. Its reliability and validity were verified and it could be used as a tool to assess fear of food.
III, case-control analytic study.
本研究旨在探讨恐惧食物量表（FOFM）在日本女性中的心理测量特性。
本研究是一项在东京大学和九州大学进行的横断面、观察性和多中心研究。参与者包括 169 名健康女性和 149 名饮食障碍患者。首先，本研究使用探索性因子分析探讨了 FOFM 在日本女性中的因子结构。然后，计算了克朗巴赫α系数和麦克唐纳ω系数以评估可靠性。通过与饮食态度测试、正负情感量表的负性情感和医院焦虑抑郁量表计算相关系数来评估同时效度。此外，使用 Wilcoxon 秩和检验比较健康对照组和患者组的得分。
最终模型有四个分量表。这些分量表具有较高的可靠性，并与问卷呈显著正相关。患者组各分量表的得分明显高于健康对照组。
FOFM 在日本女性中具有四因子结构。其可靠性和有效性得到了验证，可作为评估对食物恐惧的工具。
III 级，病例对照分析研究。
