Psychometric Properties of the Dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 among Portuguese Adolescents
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Anthropometric Data
2.2.2. Sociodemographic Questionnaire
2.2.3. The Dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 (dYFAS-C 2.0)
2.2.4. Repetitive Eating Questionnaire (Rep(eat)-Q)
2.2.5. Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2)
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Food Addiction and Psychometric Properties of dYFAS-C 2.0
3.2. Validity Evidence Based on the Relationship between Food Addiction and Other Variables
4. Discussion
4.1. Implications
4.2. Limitations and Recommendations for Future Studies
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Item | M | SD | Asymmetry | Kurtosis | Cronbach’s Alpha if Item Deleted |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
dYFAS_C_1 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.80 | 0.11 | 0.85 |
dYFAS_C_2 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.85 |
dYFAS_C_3 | 0.41 | 0.78 | 2.05 | 4.14 | 0.86 |
dYFAS_C_4 | 1.26 | 1.03 | 0.56 | −0.14 | 0.86 |
dYFAS_C_5 | 0.52 | 0.84 | 1.82 | 3.61 | 0.86 |
dYFAS_C_6 | 0.82 | 1.01 | 1.40 | 1.66 | 0.87 |
dYFAS_C_7 | 0.41 | 0.89 | 2.47 | 5.82 | 0.86 |
dYFAS_C_8 | 0.32 | 0.67 | 2.64 | 8.48 | 0.86 |
dYFAS_C_9 | 0.77 | 1.00 | 1.57 | 2.20 | 0.86 |
dYFAS_C_10 | 0.34 | 0.71 | 2.57 | 7.49 | 0.87 |
dYFAS_C_11 | 0.64 | 0.91 | 1.67 | 3.02 | 0.86 |
dYFAS_C_12 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 1.06 | 1.30 | 0.86 |
dYFAS_C_13 | 1.18 | 1.16 | 0.73 | −0.34 | 0.85 |
dYFAS_C_14 | 0.82 | 1.02 | 1.07 | 0.32 | 0.85 |
dYFAS_C_15 | 1.00 | 1.09 | 0.98 | 0.34 | 0.85 |
dYFAS_C_16 | 1.01 | 1.13 | 1.00 | 0.31 | 0.85 |
dYFAS_C_Total | 11.8 | 8.45 | 1.13 | 2.07 | - |
χ2 | Df | CFI | TLI | NFI | GFI | CN | SRMR | RMSEA (95% CI) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dYFAS-C | 182 | 104 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 104.87 | 0.101 | 0.074 |
Latent Variable | Observed Variable | Factor Loadings | p |
---|---|---|---|
dYFAS-C 2.0 | dYFAS_C_1 | 0.676 | <0.001 |
dYFAS_C_2 | 0.640 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_3 | 0.552 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_4 | 0.652 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_5 | 0.485 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_6 | 0.238 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_7 | 0.513 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_8 | 0.377 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_9 | 0.627 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_10 | 0.356 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_11 | 0.699 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_12 | 0.387 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_13 | 0.706 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_14 | 0.726 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_15 | 0.822 | <0.001 | |
dYFAS_C_16 | 0.738 | <0.001 |
Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. dYFAS-C 2.0 | - | |||||||||
2. Rep(eat)-12 | 0.69 *** | - | ||||||||
3. Rep(eat)_CG | 0.72 *** | 0.90 *** | - | |||||||
4. Rep(eat)_RE | 0.56 ** | 0.93 *** | 0.67 *** | - | ||||||
5. IES-2 | −0.17 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | - | |||||
6. IES_RHSC | −0.22 * | −0.07 | −0.01 | −0.10 | 0.76 *** | - | ||||
7. IES_BFCC | −0.16 | 0.03 | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.60 *** | 0.45 *** | - | |||
8. IES_EPR | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.65 *** | 0.15 | 0.22 ** | - | ||
9. BMI Z_Score | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.10 | −0.04 | −0.09 | −0.16 | −0.06 | 0.07 | - | |
10. Age | 0.15 | 0.18 * | 0.15 | 0.17 * | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.08 | - |
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Matos, A.; Félix, S.; Coelho, C.; Conceição, E.; Machado, B.C.; Gonçalves, S. Psychometric Properties of the Dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 among Portuguese Adolescents. Nutrients 2024, 16, 2334. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16142334
Matos A, Félix S, Coelho C, Conceição E, Machado BC, Gonçalves S. Psychometric Properties of the Dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 among Portuguese Adolescents. Nutrients. 2024; 16(14):2334. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16142334
Chicago/Turabian StyleMatos, Ana, Sílvia Félix, Carol Coelho, Eva Conceição, Bárbara César Machado, and Sónia Gonçalves. 2024. "Psychometric Properties of the Dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 among Portuguese Adolescents" Nutrients 16, no. 14: 2334. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16142334