TY  - SER
AU  - Karapatsia, Maria
AU  - Tzavara, Chara
AU  - Michopoulos, Ioannis
AU  - Gonidakis, Fragiskos
TI  - Validation and factor structure of the Greek version of the emotional eating scale in a sample of patients with binge eating disorder
SN  - 2152-7199
PY  - 2024///
CY  - s. l.
PB  - Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Psychopathology
KW  - Eating
KW  - Eating disorder
KW  - Binge eating disorder
KW  - Emotional eating scale
KW  - Research
KW  - Quantitative research
KW  - Journal articles (Open access)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - Abstract : Background: Emotional eating has significant physical, psychological, and social consequences and it is highly associated with eating disorders. Οbjectives: The current study aimed to adapt and validate the Emotional Eating Scale (EES) in Greek and examine its factor structure and correlations with eating psychopathology and anthropometric measures. Methods: A sample of 160 participants (90% females) suffering from Binge Eating Disorder (BED), with a mean age of 40.7 years (SD = 11.5 years) and mean Body Mass Index of 37.5 kg/m2 (SD = 14.8 kg/m2) completed the EES and the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0 (EDE-Q). A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to test how well the EES three-factor model fits the data. Results: The three-factor solution had an acceptable fit: anger/frustration, anxiety, and depression (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.81, 0.83, 0.70, respectively). All EES subscales were significantly and positively correlated with eating concern, shape concern, and weight concern, as well as with the global scoring of EDE-Q. The correlation between EES and BMI was positively significant. Age was significantly and negatively associated only with depression subscale. Conclusions: The results showed that the Greek adaptation of the EES is a reliable measure of emotional eating in people suffering from BED
UR  - https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=137067
ER  -