Reliability and validity of the dutch eating behavior questionnaire in an online format for university students from low-income regions in a pandemic context: A 24 hour MESYN study

To test the reliability and validity of the (DEBQ) in an online format in university students from low-income regions. We applied the questionnaire to a sample of 195 and 117 university students from a low-income region (Gini index of 0.56) to study validity and reliability, respectively. The DEBQ c...

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Published in:Frontiers in Epidemiology (Online) 2023-01, Vol.2, p.1036631
Main Authors: de Carvalho, Millena Vaz, Cardoso, Antonio Gibran de Almeida, Feuerstein, Shirley Cunha, de Sousa, Rosana Rodrigues, Collese, Tatiana Sadalla, Torres-Leal, Francisco Leonardo, Nascimento-Ferreira, Marcus Vinicius, De Moraes, Augusto Cesar Ferreira
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Language:English
Subjects:
adults
emotional eating
Epidemiology
external eating
psychometric properties
questionnaire
restrained eating
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Summary:To test the reliability and validity of the (DEBQ) in an online format in university students from low-income regions. We applied the questionnaire to a sample of 195 and 117 university students from a low-income region (Gini index of 0.56) to study validity and reliability, respectively. The DEBQ consists of 33 items on eating behavior in three dimensions/factors: emotional eating, restrained eating and external eating. The questionnaire was administered twice at 2-week intervals. We tested the reliability temporal stability and internal consistency and construct validity exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. For reliability, we identified an acceptable Spearman correlation coefficient (rho > 0.30 and  
ISSN:2674-1199
2674-1199
DOI:10.3389/fepid.2022.1036631