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Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale.
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- Striatal dopamine D2-like receptors availability in obesity and its modulation by bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Food Addiction as Measured with the Yale Food Addiction Scale: Implications for the Food Addiction Construct.Current neuropharmacology · 2019Pooled it
- Food addiction and bariatric surgery: a systematic review of the literature.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Pooled it
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- Postingestive reward acts through behavioral reinforcement and is conserved in obesity and after bariatric surgery.PLoS biology · 2024Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 among Portuguese Adolescents.Nutrients · 2024Article
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- Enhanced sweet taste perception in obesity: Joint analysis of gustatory data from multiple studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Reward-related gustatory and psychometric predictors of weight loss following bariatric surgery: a multicenter cohort study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
- Persian Version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0: Psychometric Analysis and Setting Cutoff Point for the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait-Reduced.Psychiatry investigation · 2021Article
- The Relationship of Food Addiction With Other Eating Pathologies and Impulsivity: A Case-Control Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Measurement, prevalence, and psychological risk factors associated with addictive food consumption: Development of a new food addiction scale and evidence from a national largescale sample.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Article
- Considering Food Addiction through a Cultural Lens.Current addiction reports · 2020Article
- Food Addiction in Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients with Loss-of-Control Eating.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Psychometric properties of the modified Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2.0 in an Italian non-clinical sample.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Article
- Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0: A dimensional approach to scoring.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2018Article
- Psychometric properties of the modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 in a large Brazilian sample.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)Article
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Abstract
purposeRising rates of obesity have been recently associated to the novel concept of food addiction (FA). The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) is the most widely used measure for examining FA (1) and analysis of its reliability and validity is expected to facilitate empirical research on the construct. Here, we tested the psychometric properties of a Portuguese version of the YFAS (P-YFAS), establishing its factor structure, reliability and construct validity.
methodsData were obtained from 468 Portuguese individuals, 278 sampled from non-clinical populations, and 190 among obese candidates for weight-loss surgery. A battery of self-report measures of eating behavior was applied.
resultsConfirmatory factor analysis verified a one-factor structure with acceptable fit, with item analysis suggesting the need to eliminate item 24 from the P-YFAS. Internal consistency (KR-20 = .82) and test-retest stability were adequate. Correlation analyses supported convergent and divergent validity of the P-YFAS, particularly in the clinical sample. Both FA symptom count and diagnosis, according to the P-YFAS, adequately discriminated between samples, with classification of FA met by 2.5 and 25.8% of the participants in the non-clinical and clinical samples, respectively.
conclusionsThese findings reinforce the use of P-YFAS in non-clinical and clinical populations. Future directions for extending YFAS validation are discussed.
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