Validation of the ukrainian version of Binge Eating Scale

Abstract

The article presents the results of validation of the Ukrainian ver- sion of the Binge Eating Scale (BES), the psychometric properties of which have not yet been tested among the Ukrainian-speaking population. The BES is a questionnaire de- signed to identify and diagnose in- dividuals suffering from Binge-eating disorder (BED). The aim of the work was to check the psychometric properties of the Ukrainian version of BES, to es- tablish the factor structure, internal consistency and constructive validity in the sample of Ukrainian youth. A cross-sectional study of 87 par- ticipants was conducted: students from different higher education in- stitutions who could read and write in the Ukrainian language. To char- acterize the criterion of validity, the BES was compared with the data of the clinical criteria for BED on DSM- 5, which in this study is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of BED. The Ukrainian version of BES dem- onstrated a standardized Cronbach’s alpha of 0.885, showing good internal consistency close to high (0.9). The split half size was 0.899, indi- cating a very high split half. The corre- lation between the halves of the test was 0.766720035, which indicates a fairly high reliability in terms of in- ternal consistency. Factor analysis showed a two- factor structure. This explained only 46.2 % of the variance. The ROC analysis found that the re- sulting area under the curve (AUC) was 0.811 (95 % CI: 0.713; 0.887), indicating good model quality. The results of our study confirm the psychometric reli- ability of the BES, high design and criterion validity. Thus, the Ukrainian version of BES has psychometric char- acteristics close to the original.

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