The development of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ) with scales for restrained, emotional, and external eating is described. Factor analyses have shown that all items on restrained and external eating each have high loadings on one factor, but items on emotional eating have two dimensions, one dealing with eating in response to diffuse emotions, and the other with eating in response to clearly labelled emotions. The pattern of corrected item‐total correlation coefficients and of the factors was very similar for various subsamples, which indicates a high degree of stability of dimensions on the eating behavior scales. The norms and Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the scales and also the Pearson's correlation coefficients to assess interrelationships between scales indicate that the scales have a high internal consistency and factorial validity. However, their external validity has yet to be investigated.

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In a study on 540 women, the relationship between overeating and sex‐role orientation, and the effects of anxiety and negative self‐concept on this relationship was studied. Two types of overeating are distinguished: emotional, and external eating behavior. Both emotional and external eating behavior were found to be related to the adherence to feminine stereotype traits, not to the adherence to masculine stereotype traits. Furthermore, these relationships were attenuated when scores for the scales for anxiety and self‐concept were partialed out. This suggests that the contribution of femininity to both types of overeating is due mainly to anxiety and negative self‐concept associated with female stereotype traits. It is concluded that feminine sex‐typed women seem to be particularly at risk for overeating.