Psychometric properties of the nine-item avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder screen (NIAS) in Turkish children

The nine item avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder screen (NIAS) is a short and practical assessment tool specific to ARFID with three ARFID phenotypes such as "Picky eating," "Fear," and "Appetite". This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the T...

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Published in:Journal of eating disorders 2024-02, Vol.12 (1), p.30-30, Article 30
Main Authors: Öğütlü, Hakan, Kaşak, Meryem, Doğan, Uğur, Zickgraf, Hana F, Türkçapar, Mehmet Hakan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Anxiety
Appetite
ARFID
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Body mass index
Child psychopathology
Children
Children & youth
Consent
Eating behavior
Eating disorders
Fear & phobias
Food
Food habits
NIAS
Obesity in children
Parents & parenting
Psychologists
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Social sciences
Translating and interpreting
Validation
Validity
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Summary:The nine item avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder screen (NIAS) is a short and practical assessment tool specific to ARFID with three ARFID phenotypes such as "Picky eating," "Fear," and "Appetite". This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish translation of the NIAS parent form and to investigate the relationship between ARFID symptoms and anxiety, depression symptoms, and eating behaviors in a sample of Turkish children. Parents were asked to provide their children's sociodemographic data and to complete the NIAS, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-Short (EDE-QS), Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ), and Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) scales. The sample included 440 participants between 6 and 12 ages. Turkish NIAS demonstrated good internal consistency. The three-factor model of the Turkish NIAS was in an acceptable structure. The Turkish NIAS scale was shown to be valid and reliable. NIAS scores were shown to be higher in underweight participants. The NIAS-parent version subscales showed expected convergent and divergent validity with the CEBQ, EDEQ-S, and RCADS scales in children, except CEBQ emotional overeating and desire to drink subscales were correlated with NIAS. The Turkish version of the NIAS is valid and reliable in evaluating ARFID symptoms in children.
ISSN:2050-2974
2050-2974
DOI:10.1186/s40337-024-00987-0