Psychometric properties of the Italian Yale Food Addiction Scale in overweight and obese patients

AbstractObjective:The development of a second version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) coincides with the latest updates in the diagnosis of addiction as documented in the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The objective of the present study was to translate the YFAS 2.0 into the Malay language and test its psychometric properties in a primary-care population.Design:Patients were assessed for food addiction utilizing the Malay YFAS 2.0. The participants were also assessed for eating disorder using the validated Malay Binge Eating Scale. The psychometric properties of the YFAS 2.0 were determined by analysing factor structure, overall item statistics, internal consistency and construct validity.Setting:Between 2017 and 2018, participants were chosen from a regional primary-care clinic in the district of Seremban, Malaysia.Participants:Patients (n 382) from a regional primary-care clinic.Results:The prevalence of food addiction was 5·0%. A two-factor structure of the YFAS was confirmed as the most optimal solution for the scale via confirmatory factor analysis. In both its diagnostic and symptom count version, the YFAS 2.0 had good internal consistency (Kuder–Richardson α > 0·80 and McDonald’s ω > 0·9).Conclusions:We validated a psychometrically sound Malay version of the YFAS 2.0 in a primary-care population. Both diagnostic and symptom count versions of the scale had robust psychometric properties. The questionnaire can be used to develop health promotion strategies to detect food addiction tendencies in a general population.

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Psychometric Properties and Convergent and Divergent Validity of the Portuguese Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (P-YFAS 2.0)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-432446/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sónia Ferreira Gonçalves ◽

Célia Moreira ◽

Bárbara Machado ◽

Beatriz Bastos ◽

Ana Isabel Vieira

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Food Addiction ◽

Divergent Validity ◽

Eating Disordered ◽

Yale Food Addiction Scale ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽

Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Purpose The construct of food addiction has been gaining increased attention as a research topic. Currently, the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 is the only measure to operationalize the addictive-like eating behavior according to addiction criteria proposed by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The present study aimed at examining the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0, as well as investigating the convergent and divergent validity between this scale and the following measures: Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, Body Investment Scale, and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. We also sought to explore the moderator role of difficulties in emotion regulation in the relationship between food addiction and binge eating. Methods: A sample of 302 female college students (Mage = 21.37, SD = 3.24) completed self-report measures.Results Sixteen (5.3%) participants were diagnosed as having food addiction. The confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the original one-dimensional structure is adequate to represent the Portuguese Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0. The symptom count scores of the scale were correlated with body mass index, eating disordered behavior, body investment and difficulties in emotion regulation. The severity level of the scale also discriminated the severity of eating disordered behaviors, body investment and difficulties in emotion regulation. Finally, the relationship between food addiction and binge eating was moderated by difficulties engaging in goal-directed behavior when experiencing negative emotions.Conclusion The Portuguese version of the Yale Food Addiction Questionnaire 2.0 may be a useful tool to investigate food addiction.

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Assessment of food addiction using the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 in individuals with binge-eating disorder symptomatology: Factor structure, psychometric properties, and clinical significance

Psychiatry Research ◽

10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 279 ◽

pp. 216-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jake Linardon ◽

Mariel Messer

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorder ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Clinical Significance ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Binge Eating Disorder ◽

Food Addiction ◽

Yale Food Addiction Scale ◽

Eating Disorder Symptomatology

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Psychometric properties of the modified Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2.0 in an Italian non-clinical sample

Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity ◽

10.1007/s40519-018-0607-x ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 37-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Claudio Imperatori ◽

Mariantonietta Fabbricatore ◽

David Lester ◽

Gian Mauro Manzoni ◽

Gianluca Castelnuovo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

Food Addiction ◽

Yale Food Addiction Scale ◽

Version 2.0

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Validation of the French Version of the DSM-5 Yale Food Addiction Scale in a Nonclinical Sample

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/0706743716673320 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 62 (3) ◽

pp. 199-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Paul Brunault ◽

Robert Courtois ◽

Ashley N. Gearhardt ◽

Philippe Gaillard ◽

Kevin Journiac ◽

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Keyword(s):

Eating Disorder ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Food Addiction ◽

French Version ◽

Dsm 5 ◽

Yale Food Addiction Scale ◽

Yfas 2.0

Objective: The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) is the only questionnaire that assesses food addiction (FA) based on substance dependence criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Following recent updating of addiction criteria, a new DSM-5 version (YFAS 2.0) has been developed. Our study tested the psychometric properties of the French YFAS 2.0 in a nonclinical population. Method: We assessed 330 nonclinical participants for FA (French YFAS 2.0), eating behaviour, and eating disorder (Binge Eating Scale, Emotional Overeating Questionnaire, Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18, Questionnaire on Eating and Weight Patterns-Revised, Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale). We tested the scale’s factor structure (confirmatory factor analysis based on 11 diagnostic criteria), internal consistency, and construct and incremental validity. Results: Prevalence of FA was 8.2%. Our results supported a 1-factor structure similar to the US version. In both its diagnostic and symptom count versions, the YFAS 2.0 had good internal consistency (Kuder-Richardson alpha was 0.83) and was associated with body mass index (BMI), binge eating, uncontrolled and emotional eating, binge eating disorder, and cognitive restraint. FA predicted BMI above and beyond binge eating frequency. Females had a higher prevalence of FA than males but not more FA symptoms. Conclusions: We validated a psychometrically sound French version of the YFAS 2.0 in a nonclinical population, in both its symptom count and diagnostic versions. Future studies should investigate psychometric properties of this questionnaire in clinical populations potentially at risk for FA (that is, patients with obesity, diabetes, hypertension, or other metabolic syndrome risk factors).

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