Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) in a sample of community adults

Fekih‐Romdhane, Feten; Jiang, Chen; Obeïd, Sahar; Malaeb, Diana; Chammas, Nancy; Fawaz, Mirna; Soufia, Michel; Meng, Runtang; Hallit, Souheil

doi:10.1186/s40337-023-00782-3

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“…The result of the bootstrap resampling process and corresponding item stability analysis showed excellent stability and configural invariance in the present study. Moreover, only a few studies have examined the gender invariance of the IES‐2 (e.g., Fekih‐Romdhane et al, 2023; Swami et al, 2021; Tylka & Kroon Van Diest, 2013) and no previous study has presented the measurement invariance of the IES‐2 in Chinese populations. There were no gender differences in terms of metric invariance found in the present study, which indicates the network loadings of the IES‐2 are invariant across Chinese women and men.…”

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“…To our knowledge, previous validation studies of the IES‐2 have focused on traditional latent variable modeling approaches (e.g., exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses; Fekih‐Romdhane et al, 2023; Saunders et al, 2018; Swami et al, 2020; Tylka & Kroon Van Diest, 2013). However, traditional latent variable modeling approaches often rely on many parametric and distributional assumptions (e.g., the often unrealistic assumption of local independence between symptoms; Borsboom & Cramer, 2013).…”

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Psychometric network analysis of the Intuitive Eating Scale‐2 in Chinese general adults

Ji,

Sun,

Barnhart

et al. 2024

J Clin Psychol

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The Intuitive Eating Scale‐2 (IES‐2) is a measure of intuitive eating behaviors that has been extensively validated, with traditional latent variable modeling approaches, in youth and adults from many different populations, including college students in China. However, there is still a lack of research on the psychometric properties of the IES‐2 in adults from the Chinese general population. Moreover, psychometric network analysis, as a complement to traditional latent variable modeling approaches, has not been used for examining the psychometric properties of the IES‐2. Thus, the present study used a psychometric network approach to evaluate the psychometric properties of the IES‐2 in Chinese adults from the general population. A sample of 700 Chinese general adults (50% women; Mage = 31.13 years, SD = 9.19) recruited online were included in the present study. Psychometric network analysis was performed. Exploratory graph analysis (EGA) identified four dimensions, which were well separated in the estimated network. The network structure showed excellent stability and metric measurement invariance (i.e., network loadings) across men and women. Furthermore, several items on the IES‐2 were identified as key nodes in the network of the IES‐2 that may be important for the development and maintenance of intuitive eating. For example, two items (i.e., “I trust my body to tell me when to eat,” and “I trust my body to tell me when to stop eating”) related to reliance on body cues were the most impactful nodes in the complete network. The findings of our study provide a greater understanding of the IES‐2 from the perspective of network analysis and have implications for applications of intuitive eating interventions for general populations.

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Psychometric network analysis of the Intuitive Eating Scale‐2 in Chinese general adults

Ji,

Sun,

Barnhart

et al. 2024

J Clin Psychol

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“…The higher the scores, the higher the IE. The validated Arabic version has been used [ 23 ] (α = 0.84).…”

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Profiles of intuitive eating in adults: the role of self-esteem, interoceptive awareness, and motivation for healthy eating

Chammas,

Brytek-Matera,

Tornquist

et al. 2024

BMC Psychiatry

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Objective Intuitive eating is an eating behavior that has recently come to use mainly in the young population. Knowing that the Lebanese cultural diet differs from other countries, the purpose of this study was to investigate if there is a relationship between self-esteem, interoceptive awareness, and motivation for healthy eating in a sample of Lebanese adults using a Latent Profile Analysis approach. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Lebanese governorates. Participants 359 Lebanese participants enrolled in this study (mean age: 22.75 ± 7.04 years, 40.1% males), through convenience sampling in several Lebanese governorates. Participants were asked to fill anonymously the following scales: The Intuitive Eating Scale (IES-2), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness Scale (MAIA), and the Motivation for Healthy Eating Scale (MHES). Results Our findings revealed four profiles: profile 1 (n = 67; 18.66%) characterized by high SE and intermediate interoceptive awareness and motivation for healthy eating; profile 2 (n = 86; 23.97%) presented high SE, interoceptive awareness, and motivation for healthy eating; profile 3 (n = 86; 23.96%) characterized by high SE, interoceptive awareness, and motivation for healthy eating; class 4 (n = 108; 30.08) described by low SE, intermediate interoceptive awareness, and motivation for healthy eating One-way analysis of variance did not observe a significant difference between the four profiles based on intuitive eating (F = 1.810; p = 0.145; ɳp2 = 0.015). Conclusions Among a sample of Lebanese people, four profiles of interoceptive awareness, motivation for healthy eating, and self-esteem were observed, with no difference concerning intuitive eating.

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“…Despite this evidence, little attention has been devoted so far to this topic in Arab countries; which is partly due to a lack of sensitive measures to detect manifestations of muscularity-oriented nature in Arabic-speaking populations [ 48 ]. Available instruments in the Arabic language are rather thinness-focused, such as the Eating Attitude Test [ 49 , 50 ], the Eating disorder examination questionnaire [ 51 , 52 ], the Inflexible Eating Questionnaire (IEQ) [ 53 ], the Nine Item Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Screen (NIAS) [ 54 ], the Intuitive Eating Scale [ 55 ], and the Eating Disorder Inventory [ 56 , 57 ]. The only muscularity-specific measure that has recently been validated in Arabic is the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory [ 58 ].…”

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Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the short 9-item drive for muscularity scale (DMS-9)

Fekih-Romdhane,

Malaeb,

Dabbous

et al. 2023

BMC Psychiatry

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Background After the original 15-item Drive for Muscularity Scale developed by McCreary et al. in 2004, a more theoretically based scale that replicates the original DMS subscales with a better conceptual clarity and a shorter number of items, i.e., the DMS-9, has recently been developed by Chaba et al. in 2018. We sought to contribute to the literature especially under the Arab context, by investigating the psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the DMS-9 in a sample of Arabic-speaking Lebanese university students of both genders. Methods University students (N = 402; 55.2% females) from multiple universities in Lebanon were invited to fill the survey in this cross-sectional designed study (December 2022 and January 2023). Our sample was chosen using the snowball technique; a soft copy of the questionnaire was created using google forms software, and an online approach was conceived to proceed with the data collection. Results Using an Exploratory Factor Analysis-to- Confirmatory Factor Analysis strategy, we found that the original two-factor model of the DMS proposed in the parent study was adequately replicated in our sample. The two DMS-9 factor scores showed very good McDonald’s omega values (ω > 0.8). Findings also showed that gender invariance was achieved at the configural, metric, and scalar levels. Additionally, drive for muscularity scores correlated in the expected way with other study variables, providing support for the convergent and divergent validity of the Arabic DMS-9. Specifically, we found that greater drive for muscularity attitudes and behaviors significantly correlated with more severe muscle dysmorphic symptoms, inappropriate eating attitudes, muscle bias internalization, and lower body appreciation. Conclusion Findings preliminarily suggest that the Arabic DMS-9 is psychometrically sound and suitable tool to assess the drive for muscularity construct among Arabic-speaking community adults. Making the Arabic DMS-9 available will hopefully benefit the scientific community working in Arab settings, promote local and international research in this area, and offer descriptive data on how drive for muscularity may interfere with health indicators in the general Arab population.

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Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) in a sample of community adults

Cited by 14 publications

References 90 publications

Psychometric network analysis of the Intuitive Eating Scale‐2 in Chinese general adults

Psychometric network analysis of the Intuitive Eating Scale‐2 in Chinese general adults

Profiles of intuitive eating in adults: the role of self-esteem, interoceptive awareness, and motivation for healthy eating

Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the short 9-item drive for muscularity scale (DMS-9)

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