Brief emotional eating scale: a multinational study of factor structure, validity, and invariance

Ruiz, Montse C.; Devonport, Tracey; Chen Wilson, Chao-Hwa (Josephine); Nichols, Wendy; Cagas, Jonathan Y.; Fernández-Montalvo, Javier; Choi, Youngjun; Gan, Yiqun; Robazza, Claudio

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Brief emotional eating scale: a multinational study of factor structure, validity, and invariance

dc.contributor.author	Ruiz, Montse C.
dc.contributor.author	Devonport, Tracey
dc.contributor.author	Chen Wilson, Chao-Hwa (Josephine)
dc.contributor.author	Nichols, Wendy
dc.contributor.author	Cagas, Jonathan Y.
dc.contributor.author	Fernández-Montalvo, Javier
dc.contributor.author	Choi, Youngjun
dc.contributor.author	Gan, Yiqun
dc.contributor.author	Robazza, Claudio
dc.contributor.department	Ciencias de la Salud	es_ES
dc.contributor.department	Osasun Zientziak	eu
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-21T11:58:27Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-21T11:58:27Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.date.updated	2023-03-21T10:08:18Z
dc.description.abstract	Emotional eating or the tendency to eat in response to emotional states can be assessed using self-report mea- sures. The Emotional Eating Scale-II is a commonly used and reliable instrument that measures the desire to eat in response to a range of unpleasant and pleasant emotions. The current study aimed to corroborate the validity of the EES-II and expand its utility by investigating its dimensionality and testing its measurement invariance in samples from English-speaking and non-English-speaking countries. Convergent and predictive validity in respect of food craving, eating, and health indicators were also examined. This cross-national study included a total of 2485 adult participants recruited from Finland, North America, Philippines, United Kingdom, China, Italy, Spain, and South Korea, who completed the EES-II in six different languages. Factor analyses supported a four-factor structure including valence (pleasant, unpleasant) and activation (high, low) for a 12-item English version and slightly modified non-English adaptations. The model exhibited good fit in all samples, and convergent validity was demonstrated. Full invariance of factor loadings and partial invariance of factor loading, intercepts, and error variances was established across samples. Structural equation models revealed that high activation (pleasant and unpleasant) states predicted food cravings and reported eating. Overall findings across multiple samples and countries supported the factorial structure, reliability, invariance, and validity of the resulting Brief Emotional Eating Scale (BEES).	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Ruiz, M. C., Devonport, T. J., Chen-Wilson, C.-H. (Josephine), Nicholls, W., Cagas, J. Y., Fernandez-Montalvo, J., Choi, Y., Gan, Y., & Robazza, C. (2023). Brief emotional eating scale: A multinational study of factor structure, validity, and invariance. Appetite, 185, 106538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106538.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.appet.2023.106538
dc.identifier.issn	0195-6663
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/44948
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Appetite 185 (2023) 106538	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106538
dc.rights	© 2023 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.	en
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dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject	Brief measure	en
dc.subject	Cross-cultural	en
dc.subject	Factor analysis	en
dc.subject	Food craving	en
dc.subject	Self-report	en
dc.subject	Reliability	en
dc.title	Brief emotional eating scale: a multinational study of factor structure, validity, and invariance	en
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