Validation of the Italian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (I-YFAS 2.0) in a sample of undergraduate students

Aloi, Matteo; Rania, Marianna; Muñoz, Rita Cristina Rodríguez; Múrcia, Susana Jiménez; Fernández‐Aranda, Fernando; Fazio, Pasquale De; Segura-Garcia, Cristina

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“…FA was more frequent among females. Other authors have previously found the same trend at a lower rate (5.5% for females versus 0.8% for males) in young adults without obesity or other comorbidities (Aloi et al, 2017), which agrees with most recent investigations (Pursey et al, 2014;Mies et al, 2017;Borisenkov et al, 2018;Magyar et al, 2018). On the other hand, IA did not show a gender-related trend, with similar frequency results among males and females.…”

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“…Besides, gender seem to moderate the link between BAs and their clinical phenotype. In fact, recent findings showed that while GD was more frequent among males than females (Fröberg et al, 2015;Di Nicola et al, 2017;Carneiro et al, 2019), IA did not show a gender-related trend (McNicol and Thorsteinsson, 2017;Li et al, 2019) and FA was more frequent among females (Aloi et al, 2017;Borisenkov et al, 2018;Magyar et al, 2018).…”

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“…The authors found that the disconnection and rejection schema was associated with FA, suggesting that this domain may play a key role for the development of FA. Additionally, several studies have highlighted how FA positively correlated with the female gender (Aloi et al, 2017;Carr et al, 2017;Rogers, 2017) and BMI (Aloi et al, 2017;Granero et al, 2018). In fact, a higher prevalence of FA was found among obese patients (Gearhardt et al, 2014).…”

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“…The Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0) evaluates addiction-like eating behavior over the preceding 12 months (Gearhardt et al, 2016;Aloi et al, 2017). It consists of 35 items, which are scored on an eight-point scale ranging from never (score = 0) to every day (score = 7) to assess symptoms related to the 11 diagnostic criteria for substancerelated and addictive disorders (SRAD) of DSM-5.…”

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The Potential Role of the Early Maladaptive Schema in Behavioral Addictions Among Late Adolescents and Young Adults

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Background: Behavioral addiction (BA) is a recent concept in psychiatry. Few studies have investigated the relationship between BA and early maladaptive schemas (EMSs). EMS is the core of Schema Therapy (ST). According to the ST model, psychiatric disorders result from the development of EMSs in response to unmet emotional needs in childhood. Bach et al. (2018) grouped the 18 EMSs into four domains: (1) disconnection and rejection; (2) impaired autonomy and performance; (3) excessive responsibility and standards; and (4) impaired limits. This study aims to assess the possible association of the most frequent BAs with EMSs in a large group of late adolescents and young adults and to evaluate their self-perceived quality of life (QoL). Methods: A battery of psychological tests assessing food addiction (FA), gambling disorder (GD), internet addiction (IA), and QoL was administered to 1,075 late adolescents and young adults (N = 637; 59.3% women). A forward-stepwise logistic regression model was run to identify which variables were associated with BAs. Results: Food addiction was more frequent among women and GD among men, while IA was equally distributed. Regarding the EMSs, participants with FA or IA showed significantly higher scores on all four-schema domains, whereas those with GD exhibited higher scores on impaired autonomy and performance and impaired limits. Besides, average scores of all domains increased with the association of two or more comorbid BAs. Self-perceived QoL was lower for participants with FA and IA, but not for those with GD; the presence of comorbid BAs was associated with lower Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores. Finally, specific EMS domains and demographic variables were associated with each BA. Conclusion: Late adolescents and young adults with FA or IA have a lower perception of their mental and physical health. The most striking result is that FA appears to be

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“…This instrument was based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM‐IV‐TR) criteria for substance dependence and was adapted to the context of food consumption. Currently, a newer version (YFAS2.0; (Gearhardt, Corbin, & Brownell, ), based on DSM‐5 criteria, was translated/validated and used in different languages (Aloi et al, ; APA ; de Vries & Meule, ; Granero et al, ; Meule, Müller, Gearhardt, & Blechert, ; Nunes‐Neto et al, ; Schulte & Gearhardt, , ; Borisenkov, Tserne, & Bakutova, ; Magyar et al, ; Brunault et al, ).…”

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Food addiction: A transdiagnostic construct of increasing interest

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An evaluation of food addiction as a distinct psychiatric disorder

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Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: To evaluate the state of the literature for whether food addiction may warrant consideration as a distinct psychiatric disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) using Blashfield et al.'s (1990; Comprehensive Psychiatry, 31(1), 15-19) five criteria. This framework was utilized because it has recently been applied to examine the diagnostic utility of several eating disorder phenotypes. The criteria are: (a) at least 50 journal articles published on the proposed syndrome in the past 10 years; (b) proposal of diagnostic criteria and assessment measures; (c) clinician reliability in diagnosis; (d) cohesiveness of the proposed diagnostic criteria; and (e) differentiation from similar, existing diagnostic categories. Method: For each criterion, a literature review was conducted to examine if the minimum qualification had been met, and key findings were discussed. Results: Two of the criteria (literature and differentiation) have been empirically supported to extent specified. Two criteria (diagnostic criteria and syndrome) have been partially fulfilled, due to only having self-report assessment measures and no examination of the odds ratios for meeting more than one symptom, respectively. Clinician reliability has not yet been evaluated. Discussion: The existing literature suggests that food addiction may warrant consideration as a proposed diagnostic category in the DSM, though future research is needed to fulfill Blashfield et al.'s (1990; Comprehensive Psychiatry, 31(1), 15-19) criteria. The development of a semi-structured interview would be an impactful contribution for addressing these gaps.

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Validation of the Italian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (I-YFAS 2.0) in a sample of undergraduate students

Abstract: The Italian version of the YFAS 2.0 has demonstrated in a sample of university students to be a useful tool to investigate food addictions. Level of evidence Level V, descriptive study.

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The Potential Role of the Early Maladaptive Schema in Behavioral Addictions Among Late Adolescents and Young Adults

The Potential Role of the Early Maladaptive Schema in Behavioral Addictions Among Late Adolescents and Young Adults

Food addiction: A transdiagnostic construct of increasing interest

An evaluation of food addiction as a distinct psychiatric disorder

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