Italian version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Psychometric proprieties and measurement invariance across sex, BMI-status and age

Dakanalis, Antonios; Zanetti, Maria Assunta; Clerici, Massimo; Madeddu, Fabio; Riva, Giuseppe; Caccialanza, Riccardo

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2013.08.010

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“…Nevertheless, the variability of both current and agehistorical variables within BED population is well documented [73,74], and mean values of both dietary restraint and BMI for BED cases are quite close to those observed in other clinical studies [76,77], [73]. Since the mean age of our BED participants at the time of assessment is consistent with that reported in several Italian studies [76,78], but lower than that of American studies (ranging from 38 to 48 years) [73], the possibility that Italians with BED are less tolerant of their overweight condition [78,79] and thus seek treatment more often than their US counterparts should not be ruled out. However, future studies are needed to corroborate this hypothesis.…”

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Testing the cognitive-behavioural maintenance models across DSM-5 bulimic-type eating disorder diagnostic groups: a multi-centre study

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Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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(2014) Testing the cognitive-behavioural maintenance models across DSM-5 bulimic-type eating disorder diagnostic groups: A multi-centre study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 265 (8 to the data, the CB-E model accounted for a greater proportion of variance in eating-disordered behaviours than the original one, (b) interpersonal problems, clinical perfectionism and low self-esteem were indirectly associated with dietary restraint through over-evaluation of shape and weight, (c) interpersonal problems and mood intolerance were directly linked to binge eating, whereas restraint only indirectly affected binge eating through mood intolerance, suggesting that factors other than restraint may play a more critical role in the maintenance of binge eating. In terms of strength of the associations, differences across DSM-5 bulimic-type eating disorder diagnostic groups were not observed. The results are discussed with reference to theory and research, including neurobiological findings and recent hypotheses.Keywords DSM-5 · Bulimic-type eating disorders · Binge eating · Maintenance factors · Cognitive-behavioural theory · Latent variable structural equation modelling Abstract The original cognitive-behavioural (CB) model of bulimia nervosa, which provided the basis for the widely used CB therapy, proposed that specific dysfunctional cognitions and behaviours maintain the disorder. However, amongst treatment completers, only 40-50 % have a full and lasting response. The enhanced CB model (CB-E), upon which the enhanced version of the CB treatment was based, extended the original approach by including four additional maintenance factors. This study evaluated and compared both CB models in a large clinical treatment seeking sample (N = 679), applying both DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for bulimic-type eating disorders. Application of the DSM-5 criteria reduced the number of cases of DSM-IV bulimic-type eating disorders not otherwise specified to 29.6 %. Structural equation modelling analysis indicated that (a) although both models provided a good fit Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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Testing the cognitive-behavioural maintenance models across DSM-5 bulimic-type eating disorder diagnostic groups: a multi-centre study

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Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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“…11 The analyses were performed in Mplus 6.12 [60], using ML estimation (see footnote 7) on the covariance matrix and mean vector (MACS); for more information and the advantages of the MACS analysis, see Byrne [41]. Because of the v 2 test's dependency and sensitivity on sample size and model complexity, which may result in significant changes in fit even when such changes are diminutive [41,68], we presented the v 2 values (Table 3), but we did not interpret them as indicators of fit, in line with prior research [44,62]. In order to evaluate the degree of ME/I, the invariance models (Models 1-3) were assessed comparatively [41] by examining the changes (D) in CFI, RMSEA, and SRMR [57]; if DCFI B .010, DRMSEA B .015, and DSRMR B .030 for tests of factor loading invariance, and DCFI B .010, DRMSEA B .015, and DSRMR B .010 for tests of intercept invariance, then ME/I is demonstrated [68].…”

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“…The two English versions of the Italian-SAAS were compared and the few inconsistencies highlighted were removed in a further translation and back-translation comparison process until the two versions were identical [50]. The items of the final Italian SAAS (Table 1) did not show any meaningful differences from the original English version, as also confirmed by two independent professional translators [44,50].…”

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“…It should also be noted that since the SAAS was developed and validated in the United States [21,24], its translation into another language and subsequent examination of its psychometric proprieties across non English-speaking countries that share the same individualist cultural orientation (e.g., Italy) and those with a collectivist cultural orientation (e.g., Sweden, Estonia, Turkey) [42,43], would offer the opportunity to provide information regarding the replicability of (or variations in) the factorial structure of the tool and the relationships between the underlining (i.e., SAA) and other theoretical relevant constructs (i.e., behaviour engagement) [24,42,[44][45][46]. Finally, prior studies have examined the differences in SAAS observed scores between EDs and healthy controls [29,30] without establishing and testing the measurement equivalence/invariance (ME/I) of the SAAS.…”

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“…We opted to focus on latent means because these are better indicators of true group differences not being associated with measurement error [41,44,45].…”

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Internal Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) in a (Nearly) Representative Dutch Community Sample

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The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire is a widely used instrument for assessment of emotional, external and restrained eating. The aim of the present study is to (i) analyse its internal structure using exploratory structural equation modelling; (ii) to assess its measurement invariance with respect to sex, BMI, age and level of education; and (iii) to evaluate the relations of the factors with these variables. Except that women were slightly over-represented, the sample (n = 2173) closely followed the sociodemographic characteristics of the overall Dutch population. The three theoretical factors that emerged from the analysis were in close correspondence with the three scales for emotional, external and restrained eating. Only two items (item 3 -'desire to eat when nothing to do…' and item 21 -'resist delicious food...') presented problematic loadings. The questionnaire showed satisfactory measurement invariance, and expected patterns of mean differences and relations were found. All in all, the results highlight the adequate psychometric properties of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire.

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Italian version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Psychometric proprieties and measurement invariance across sex, BMI-status and age

Cited by 97 publications

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Testing the cognitive-behavioural maintenance models across DSM-5 bulimic-type eating disorder diagnostic groups: a multi-centre study

Testing the cognitive-behavioural maintenance models across DSM-5 bulimic-type eating disorder diagnostic groups: a multi-centre study

The Social Appearance Anxiety Scale in Italian Adolescent Populations: Construct Validation and Group Discrimination in Community and Clinical Eating Disorders Samples

Internal Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) in a (Nearly) Representative Dutch Community Sample

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