Psychometric characteristics of the Children's Eating Attitudes Test in a Spanish sample

“…An experimental adapted Spanish version of the ChEAT was used for this study [23]. The difference between this version and the original scale is that six of the original 26 items were deleted because they were not deemed appropriate for this age group by the Education Department of the Autonomous Catalan Government.…”

Section: Children Eating Attitudes Testmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of parent’s eating attitudes on eating disorders in school adolescents

Canals

Sancho

Arija

2009

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…The internal reliability (α = .73) and the test-retest reliability coefficient (α = .602) were lower that of the original version 7,8 , but slightly higher than the reported in the ChEAT Spanish version 16 .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 57%

“…In both genders, Factor 1 was labelled "Fear of Getting Fat", because its items describe the intense fear and preoccupation of getting fat and being overweight. The second factor was labelled "Restrictive and Purging Behaviours", as it includes items like "I vomit after eating" (9), "I stay away from foods with sugar in them" (16), "I eat diet foods" (17). The third factor was labelled "Food Preoccupation", as it relates to thoughts about food, loss of control over eating and bulimic behaviours.…”

Section: Factor Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Portuguese validation of the children's eating attitudes test

Teixeira¹,

Pereira²,

Saraiva³

et al. 2012

Rev. psiquiatr. clín.

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Background: The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) is the most widely used instrument for evaluating eating disorders in adults and adolescents in a variety of cultures and samples. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyse the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Children's Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT). Method: Nine hundred and fifty-six Portuguese secondary students (565 girls and 391 boys) answered the ChEAT. The test-retest reliability was obtained with data from 206 participants from the total sample who re-answered the questionnaire after 4-6 weeks. Psychometric analyses were carried out for the total sample and separately for girls and boys. Results: Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were satisfactory. Principal components factorial analysis yielded four factors in the total sample, accounting for 42.35% of the total variance. Factor structure was similar in the total sample and in both genders. Factors were labelled: F1 "Fear of Getting Fat", F2 "Restrictive and Purgative Behaviours", F3 "Food Preoccupation" and F4 "Social Pressure to Eat". The concurrent validity, explored using the Contour Drawing Figure Rating Scale (CDRS) was high. Discussion: The Portuguese version of the ChEAT is a valid and useful instrument for the evaluation of abnormal eating attitudes and behaviours among Portuguese adolescents.

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Psychometric characteristics of the Children's Eating Attitudes Test in a Spanish sample

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The MABIC project: An effectiveness trial for reducing risk factors for eating disorders

The MABIC project: An effectiveness trial for reducing risk factors for eating disorders

Influence of parent’s eating attitudes on eating disorders in school adolescents

Portuguese validation of the children's eating attitudes test

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