Italian version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Psychometric proprieties and measurement invariance across sex, BMI-status and age
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The purpose of this study was to examine the basic psychometric proprieties of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) and its measurement invariance across sex, BMI-status (normal weight/overweight), and age in a community sample of 990 Italian adults. The analysis of the dimensionality of the DEBQ using exploratory factor analysis revealed the existence of three major factors - emotional, restrained and external eating. Single and multi-group confirmatory factor analyses replicated the three-factor structure, and this dimensional structure proved to be invariant across sex, BMI-status, and age. Findings upheld the criterion-related validity (e.g., via its associations with Eating Attitudes Test-26). The DEBQ's subscales displayed high internal consistency and test-retest reliability over a 4-week period. Statistically significant differences were found when sex, BMI and age groups are compared in the latent means of emotional, external and restrained eating and they are discussed with reference to theory, past and recent empirical findings. Overall, results support the measurement invariance of the DEBQ and suggest that the Italian version is a psychometrically reliable, valid and useful measurement instrument for assessing adult eating behaviors.
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The Italian version of the DEBQ-EE showed good psychometric properties (Cronbach's alpha = 0.97 in the overweight subsample).
“We used the Italian version (Dakanalis et al., 2013) that showed good psychometric properties (Cronbach’s alpha of Emotional eating subscale in the subsample of overweight people = 0.97), in agreement with the original version.”
From The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility in the Relationship Between Anxiety, Depression, and Emotional Eating in Adult Individuals With Obesity (2022) · cites this paper as Dakanalis et al., 2013
The Italian version of the Emotional Eating subscale of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) showed good psychometric properties (Cronbach's alpha = 0.97).
“The Italian version [48] showed good psychometric properties (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.97).”
The Italian version of the emotional eating subscale of DEBQ is composed of 13 of 33 items, rated on a 5-point scale, with internal consistency α .97.
“The Italian version [39] is composed of 13 of 33 items of the DEBQ to assess emotional eating. Items are rated on a 5-point scale (1 = never, 5 = very often). Higher scores reflect higher levels of emotional eating. The internal consistency of the validated version of the emotional eating subscale in the overweight sample was excellent (α = .97).”
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- Authors
- Dakanalis, A., Zanetti, M. A., Clerici, M., Madeddu, F., Riva, G., & Caccialanza, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo (IT)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Dakanalis, Antonios
- ORCID
- Venue
- Appetite
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-12
- Volume
- 71
- Pages
- 187-195
- ISSN
- 0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1973089075
- Cited by
- 130
- References
- 85
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 8.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Appetite (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire, Italian translation, dietary habits, emotional eating, dietary restraint, external eating, measurement invariance, sex differences, body mass index, age differences, psychometric properties, Eating Attitudes Test-26, criterion validity, test-retest reliability, adults
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Age Factors, Ethnicity, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Reproducibility of Results, Body Mass Index, Overweight, Young Adult
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