Emotional Eating Scale for Children and Adolescents: Psychometric Characteristics in a Spanish Sample

Perpiñá, Conxa; Cebolla, Ausiàs; Botella, Cristina; Lurbe, Empar; Torró, Maria-Isabel

doi:10.1080/15374416.2011.563468

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“…This group includes cognitive [ 3 , 4 ], familial [ 5 ], social [ 6 , 7 ] and affective [ 8 , 9 ] variables. The source literature argues that the majority of studies and publications relates to the relationship between emotional experiences and eating [ 10 , 11 ].…”

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Food-related behaviours among individuals with overweight/obesity and normal body weight

Brytek-Matera

Czepczor-Bernat

Olejniczak

2018

Nutr J

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BackgroundEmotional eating is a factor associated with a negative body image and other problematic eating behaviours. In this context little is known about differences between individuals with overweight and obesity and those with normal body weight. The main aim of the study was to evaluate the role of emotional eating in the relationship between the desire to consume chocolate and the wish to avoid social situations related to food and body exposures. For this purpose, we tested the direct, indirect and buffer effects. In addition, we used moderated mediation by introducing snacking into the model.MethodsThe study included 123 outpatients with excessive body weight and 123 individuals with normal weight. The mean of body mass index (BMI) in the first group was 30.19 kg/m2 (SD = 4.37) and, in the second, it was 23.02 kg/m2 (SD = 1.20). The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, the Attitudes to Chocolate Questionnaire and the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire were used.ResultsResults show that in all individuals, the greater emotional eating is, the greater the desire for chocolate consumption and avoidance of social situations related to food and body exposures are. In addition, the desire for chocolate consumption are positively associated with avoidance of social situations related to food and body exposures in both group. Among individuals with excessive and normal body weight, emotional eating is a significant mediator in the relationship between desire for chocolate consumption and avoidance of social situations related to food and body exposures. However, it does not moderate the relationship between these variables. Outcomes show that there is a significant model of moderated mediation of the link between social situation–avoidance related to food and body exposure and the desire to consume chocolate through emotional eating, moderated by snacking among individuals with normal body weight. A similar effect has not been discovered in the group with excessive body weight.ConclusionThe presented results show that among people with varied BMI categories, emotional eating is connected to craving chocolate and avoidance of social situations related to food and body exposure that plays only the role of mediation. In addition, snacking is crucial for this relationship among the group with normal body weight.

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Food-related behaviours among individuals with overweight/obesity and normal body weight

Brytek-Matera

Czepczor-Bernat

Olejniczak

2018

Nutr J

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“…State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC) is a selfreported anxiety instrument that measures trait (baseline) and state (situational) anxiety. Several studies (5,6) used this instrument to assess self-reported anxiety as it can be considered the definitive method of anxiety measurement related to different situations or episodes in lifetime.…”

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Stress and Anxiety in Children After the Use of Computerized Dental Anesthesia

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the transitory stress levels and the anxiety state in children submitted to conventional and computerized dental anesthesia. Twenty children (7 to 12 years) were randomly assigned to receive conventional and computerized dental anesthesia. To investigate the hypothesis that transitory stress could be lower after using computerized anesthesia compared to conventional anesthesia, cortisol levels in saliva were measured before and after each technique. Anxiety was also evaluated individually by answering the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC). Numerical data were analyzed statistically by the Mann-Whitney non-parametric test (5% significance level). Salivary cortisol levels increased in 8 (40%) patients after conventional anesthesia and in 9 (45%) patients after computerized anesthesia, with no statistically significant difference between the two types (p=0.34). In the same way, no statistically significant difference was found between the techniques (p=0.39) related to the psychological analysis based on the STAIC scores. Local anesthesia using either conventional anesthesia or a computerized delivery system produced similar level of stress/anxiety in pediatric patients, using both quantitative and qualitative analyses.

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“…Walfish and Brown (2009) found that bariatric patients endorsed eating more frequently when bored than when experiencing other negative emotions and suggested that interventions aimed at overcoming boredom may be critical to post-surgical success. Others have since conducted psychometric studies on questionnaires to which items related to eating when bored were added (Koball et al, 2012; Perpiñá et al, 2011). In both cases, eating in response to boredom was endorsed with enough frequency to warrant further investigation.…”

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Boredom proneness and emotion regulation predict emotional eating

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Emotional eating is considered a risk factor for eating disorders and an important contributor to obesity and its associated health problems. It has been suggested that boredom may be an important contributor to overeating, but has received relatively little attention. A sample of 552 college students was surveyed. Linear regression analyses found that proneness to boredom and difficulties in emotion regulation simultaneously predicted inappropriate eating behavior, including eating in response to boredom, other negative emotions, and external cues. The unique contributions of these variables to emotional eating were discussed. These findings help to further identify which individuals could be at risk for emotional eating and potentially for unhealthy weight gain.

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Emotional Eating Scale for Children and Adolescents: Psychometric Characteristics in a Spanish Sample

Cited by 22 publications

References 21 publications

Food-related behaviours among individuals with overweight/obesity and normal body weight

Food-related behaviours among individuals with overweight/obesity and normal body weight

Stress and Anxiety in Children After the Use of Computerized Dental Anesthesia

Boredom proneness and emotion regulation predict emotional eating

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