McGill University (Department of Psychology), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
McGill University (Department of Psychology), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Appetite. 2022 Jan 1;168:105689. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105689. Epub 2021 Sep 10.
Previous mindful eating scales stress the attentional domains of eating-specific mindfulness, such as present-moment attention to homeostatic cues of hunger and satiety while discounting other important domains such as non-judgment and decentering. The purpose of the series of studies was to develop and evaluate a multifaceted mindful eating scale that assesses several domains of eating-specific mindfulness.
A multistep process was used to construct the Four Facet Mindful Eating Scale (FFaMES). Study 1 outlined the initial scale construction and the development of a novel item pool (N = 480). Study 2 examined the internal structure of the observed variables using exploratory analysis (N = 445) and confirmatory analysis in a separate sample (N = 445). Reliability and validity were assessed in Study 3 (N = 166).
The final scale consists of 29 items with 4 factors: Non-Reactance, Non-Judgment, External Awareness, and Internal Awareness. The FFaMES demonstrated good internal consistency, retest reliability as well as preliminary convergent and divergent validity.
Our findings provide reliability evidence and initial support for the construct validity of the FFaMES and the continued study of multiple facets of eating-specific mindfulness. Future research should continue to investigate the differential effects of various aspects of eating-specific mindfulness in the prevention and treatment of obesity and its comorbidities.
先前的正念饮食量表强调了与饮食相关的正念的注意领域，例如对饥饿和饱腹感等内稳态线索的当下注意，而忽略了其他重要领域，如非评判和去中心化。这一系列研究的目的是开发和评估一种多方面的正念饮食量表，以评估与饮食相关的正念的几个领域。
采用多步骤的方法构建了四维度正念饮食量表（FFaMES）。研究 1 概述了初始量表的构建和新的项目池的开发（N=480）。研究 2 使用探索性分析（N=445）和在另一个样本中的验证性分析（N=445）来研究观察变量的内部结构。在研究 3（N=166）中评估了可靠性和有效性。
最终的量表由 29 个项目组成，有 4 个因子：不抗拒、不评判、对外界的觉察和对内部的觉察。FFaMES 表现出良好的内部一致性、重测信度以及初步的收敛和发散效度。
我们的研究结果为 FFaMES 的结构效度提供了可靠性证据和初步支持，并为进一步研究与饮食相关的正念的多个方面提供了基础。未来的研究应继续调查与饮食相关的正念的各个方面在预防和治疗肥胖及其合并症方面的不同影响。
