Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, USA.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, USA.
Eat Behav. 2020 Dec;39:101442. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101442. Epub 2020 Oct 14.
Emotional eating is associated with a number of negative outcomes in children and adolescents, including higher levels of loss of control eating (i.e., the inability to control the amount of food consumed). There is a need for psychometrically sound and feasible measures that assess emotional eating in children and adolescents. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the convergent and discriminant validity of the 10-item Emotional Eating Scale Adapted for Children and Adolescents (EES-C) Short-Form in a community sample of adolescents. We also sought to assess the reliability and structural validity of this measure.
Participants were 128 adolescents ages 13 to 19 years (mean age = 15.10 years; SD = 2.09; 53.9% female). Most participants fell within the healthy BMI range (58.6%). Participants completed the EES-C Short-Form, the loss of control eating section of the Questionnaire on Eating and Weight Patterns-Adolescent Version 5, the Gratitude Questionnaire-Six-Item Form, and a demographic questionnaire.
Convergent validity of the EES-C Short-Form was supported in that adolescents who endorsed loss of control eating reported significantly greater levels of emotional eating (mean = 24.37; SD = 8.94) compared to adolescents who did not endorse loss of control eating (mean = 19.42; SD = 7.33; p ≤ .01; d = 0.61). The EES-C Short-Form was significantly correlated with a subjective measure of loss of control eating (r = -0.255; p = .004), further demonstrating convergent validity. The EES-C Short-Form exhibited discriminant validity as demonstrated by a small, non-significant correlation with the Gratitude Questionnaire-Six-Item Form (r = 0.086; p = .347). The EES-C Short-Form demonstrated acceptable reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.84; Ordinal alpha = 0.88; Coefficient omega = 0.85) and a unidimensional factor structure (CFI = 0.98; NNFI = 0.98; RMSEA = 0.08).
These data contribute to the existing research that support the EES-C Short-Form as a reliable and valid measure for assessing emotional eating in children and adolescents.
情绪性进食与儿童和青少年的许多负面结果有关，包括更高水平的失控进食（即无法控制所消耗的食物量）。需要有心理测量学上可靠且可行的措施来评估儿童和青少年的情绪性进食。本研究的目的是评估儿童和青少年情绪性进食量表（EES-C）简短形式在社区青少年样本中的聚合和区分效度。我们还试图评估该测量的可靠性和结构效度。
参与者为 128 名 13 至 19 岁的青少年（平均年龄 15.10 岁；标准差 2.09；53.9%为女性）。大多数参与者的 BMI 处于健康范围内（58.6%）。参与者完成了 EES-C 简短形式、饮食和体重模式问卷青少年版 5 的失控进食部分、感恩问卷 6 项式和人口统计学问卷。
EES-C 简短形式的聚合效度得到支持，即报告失控进食的青少年报告的情绪性进食水平明显更高（平均值 24.37；标准差 8.94），而未报告失控进食的青少年报告的情绪性进食水平（平均值 19.42；标准差 7.33；p≤.01；d=0.61）。EES-C 简短形式与主观的失控进食测量显著相关（r=-0.255；p=.004），进一步证明了聚合效度。EES-C 简短形式表现出区分效度，与感恩问卷 6 项式的相关性很小且不显著（r=0.086；p=.347）。EES-C 简短形式表现出可接受的可靠性（Cronbach's alpha=0.84；Ordinal alpha=0.88；Coeficient omega=0.85）和单维结构（CFI=0.98；NNFI=0.98；RMSEA=0.08）。
这些数据为现有的研究提供了支持，即 EES-C 简短形式是一种可靠和有效的评估儿童和青少年情绪性进食的测量方法。
