ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Psychometric evaluation of the French version of the Düsseldorfer Orthorexia Skala (DOS) and prevalence of orthorexia nervosa among university students.
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- Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the Turkish Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale in adolescents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Cross-cultural Adaptations of Mental Health Screening Tools: A Scoping Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Article
- Assessing orthorexic behaviors in a clinical sample: validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Düsseldorf orthorexia scale.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Relationship between disgust and orthorexia nervosa and psychometric properties of the Italian Dusseldorf orthorexia scale in a general population sample.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Orthorexic eating behaviors are not all pathological: a French validation of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS).Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Italian adaptation of the Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale (I-DOS): psychometric properties and prevalence of orthorexia nervosa among an Italian sample.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Orthorexia nervosa vs. healthy orthorexia: relationships with disordered eating, eating behavior, and healthy lifestyle choices.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Personality profiles in young adults with orthorexic eating behaviors.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed at obtaining a French version of the DOS (F-DOS) and evaluating its psychometric properties in a sample of university students, then assessing the prevalence of orthorexic eating behavior among the participants.
methodsThe F-DOS was obtained using back translation, and then administered to 3235 university students (10.32% men, 89.67% women) with a mean age of 21.13 (SD = 2.23). The Eating Habits Questionnaire and Eating Attitudes Test were used to assess convergent and divergent validities, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to explore the factor structure.
resultsOrdinal ⍵ of F-DOS was 0.87, indicating very good internal consistency. F-DOS and EHQ total scores were strongly correlated (r
conclusionsThe F-DOS appears to be a valid and reliable instrument to assess orthorexic eating behavior. ON prevalence in college students appeared similar to Germany and lower than in the US. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Descriptive (cross-sectional) study, Level V.
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