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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022

Psychometric properties and convergent and divergent validity of the Portuguese Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (P-YFAS 2.0).

Sónia Gonçalves, Célia S Moreira, Bárbara C Machado, Beatriz Bastos, Ana Isabel Vieira

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Sónia GonçalvesPsychology Research Center (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. sgoncalves@psi.uminho.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1047-1503
Célia S MoreiraMathematics Department and Center of Mathematics (CMUP), Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5602-7171
Bárbara C MachadoCEDH-Research Centre for Human Development, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-5410
Beatriz BastosPsychology Research Center (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Ana Isabel VieiraPsychology Research Center (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7908-4889
University of Minho · PTUniversidade Católica Portuguesa · PTUniversidade do Porto · PT

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purposeThe 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

methodsA sample of 302 female college students (M

resultsSixteen (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.

conclusionThe Portuguese version of the Yale Food Addiction Questionnaire 2.0 may be a useful tool to investigate food addiction. LEVEL: IV descriptive studies.

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Behavior, AddictiveFood AddictionAdultFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansPortugalPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultBody investmentEating disordered behaviorEmotion regulationFood addiction

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