Department of Microbiology, Discipline of Hygiene, Centre for Studies in Preventive Medicine, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Department of Obstetrics-Gynaecology, Discipline of Obstetrics-Gynaecology II, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Nutrients. 2022 Dec 21;15(1):26. doi: 10.3390/nu15010026.
Negative emotions and chronic stress trigger abnormal compensatory behaviors known as emotional eating (EE). EE is a well-known mediator for increased body mass index and weight gain. Our aim was to analyze the factor structure and validity and reliability of the Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ) in a sample of 200 Romanian adults with excess weight. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to assess the construct validity. The mindful eating questionnaire (MEQ) was used to test concurrent validity. Cronbach’s alpha and Spearman correlations were used to analyze internal and external reliability. The socio-demographic characteristics were used as factors for convergent validity. PCA revealed the existence of three major factors, disinhibition, type of food, and guilt, which accounted for 64.9% of the variance. Concurrent validity showed medium to large associations with MEQ (r = 0.650; p < 0.001) and a large association with the emotional subscale of MEQ (r = 0.732; p < 0.001). Reliability was adequate with Cronbach’s alfa = 0.841 and ICC = 0.775. In a multivariate model, the highest contribution to the EE score was the age (beta = −0.327), followed by feminine gender (beta = 0.321), high levels of perceived stress (beta = 0.215), BMI (beta = 0.184) and lower perceived health status (beta = 0.184). The Romanian version of the EEQ is a reliable and valid tool for measuring emotional eating in adults with excess weight.
负面情绪和慢性压力会引发被称为情绪性进食（EE）的异常补偿行为。EE 是导致体重指数增加和体重增加的一个众所周知的中介因素。我们的目的是在 200 名罗马尼亚超重成年人样本中分析情绪进食问卷（EEQ）的结构效度、同时效度和信度。主成分分析（PCA）用于评估结构效度。正念饮食问卷（MEQ）用于检验同时效度。克朗巴赫 α和斯皮尔曼相关系数用于分析内部和外部信度。社会人口统计学特征被用作收敛效度的因素。PCA 显示存在三个主要因素，即抑制、食物类型和内疚，它们解释了 64.9%的方差。同时效度与 MEQ 呈中等至较大关联（r = 0.650；p < 0.001），与 MEQ 的情绪分量表呈较大关联（r = 0.732；p < 0.001）。信度良好，克朗巴赫 α为 0.841，ICC 为 0.775。在多变量模型中，对 EE 评分贡献最大的是年龄（β = -0.327），其次是女性性别（β = 0.321）、高感知压力水平（β = 0.215）、BMI（β = 0.184）和较低的感知健康状况（β = 0.184）。罗马尼亚版的 EEQ 是一种可靠和有效的工具，可用于测量超重成年人的情绪性进食。
