1. A cross-country examination of emotional eating, restrained eating and intuitive eating: Measurement Invariance across eight countries
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Giada Pietrabissa, Qiqiang He, Catherine Bégin, Naomi Hayami-Chisuwa, Gianluca Lo Coco, Gianluca Castelnuovo, David Mellor, Gian Mauro Manzoni, Marie L. Caltabiano, Esben Strodl, Rachel F. Rodgers, Jacinthe Dion, Annie Aimé, Michel Probst, Álvaro Sicilia, Antonio Granero-Gallegos, Marie-Ève Blackburn, Marita P. McCabe, Christophe Maïano, Salvatore Gullo, Charlotte H. Markey, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Manuel Alcaraz-Ibáñez, Strodl E., Markey C., Aime A., Rodgers R.F., Dion J., Lo Coco G., Gullo S., McCabe M., Mellor D., Granero-Gallegos A., Sicilia A., Castelnuovo G., Probst M., Maiano C., Manzoni G.M., Begin C., Blackburn M.-E., Pietrabissat G., Alcaraz-Ibanez M., Hayami-Chisuwa N., He Q., Caltabiano M.L., and Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M.
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Male ,050103 clinical psychology ,Emotional eating ,Hunger ,Emotions ,Intuitive eating ,050109 social psychology ,Settore M-PSI/08 - PSICOLOGIA CLINICA ,Eating ,Belgium ,Japan ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Multiple indicator ,Young adult ,General Psychology ,Applied Psychology ,Measurement invariance ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,05 social sciences ,Restraint eating ,Eating disorder examination questionnaire ,Confirmatory factor analysis ,Italy ,Female ,Cues ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology ,Cross-Cultural Comparison ,Canada ,China ,Social Psychology ,Adolescent ,Psychometrics ,Satiation ,Young Adult ,Body Image ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Cross country ,Australia ,Feeding Behavior ,United States ,Spain ,Cross-country ,Cross-country, Emotional eating, Intuitive eating, Measurement i, nvariance, Restraint eating, Young adults ,Factor Analysis, Statistical ,Young adults - Abstract
This study examined the measurement invariance of three scales that assessed emotional eating, restrained eating, and intuitive eating across eight countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, Spain and the United States) in order to determine their suitability for cross-country body image research. A total of 6272 young adults took part in this study. Participants completed an online survey including the Emotional Eating subscale of the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire-Revised 21, the Restraint subscale of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, and the Reliance on Hunger and Satiety Cues subscale of The Intuitive Eating Scale-2. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate potential cross-country differences in functioning of the measures. Partial invariance for all three scales was found, with only minor levels of non-invariance identified. Multiple indicator multiple cause models identified BMI and gender as potential influences on scores for these measures. Sources of invariance across groups are discussed, as well as implications for further substantive research across countries involving these measures.
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- 2020