Abstract

GONZALEZ, Mariela. VALIDATION OF EMOTIONAL EATER QUESTIONNAIRE IN CHILE. Gen [online]. 2018, vol.72, n.1, pp.21-24. ISSN 2477-975X.

Introduction: The measurement of emotions is becoming increasingly important to study to understand the food intake, and this is because their effects on food choice. Aim: To adapt and validate a questionnaire to measure emotional feeding in overweight or obese Chilean population. Material and Methods: The Spanish version of the Emotional Eater Questionnaire was adapted and evaluated. Its content was validated first with a panel of experts. Afterwards a semantic adaptation of the questionnaires was carried out applying it to a pilot sample. Finally, it was applied to 82 university students between 18 and 30 ages (Mean = 21, SD = 2.762). Results: A preliminary questionnaire containing 12 questions was constructed. A good item-test correlation was found, the factorial structure was like the original questionnaire and it had a good internal consistency. Conclusions: The resulting questionnaire had good psychometric properties, is useful for measuring how the emotions affect eating behavior in obese people, and it resulted easy to be applied.

Keywords : Emocional eater; overwight; obesity; questionnaire.

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