The validation of the Healthy and Unhealthy Eating Behavior Scale (HUEBS): Examining the interplay between stages of change and motivation and their association with healthy and unhealthy eating behaviors and physical health

Guertin, Camille; Pelletier, Luc G.; Pope, Paige

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2019.104487

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“…Behaviors are difficult to modify and are generally influenced by various environmental factors beyond personal control [18]. However, it has been shown that individuals can regulate their eating behaviors for different reasons [19]. Pregnancy may be one of these reasons, as it is a motivating period of time to acquire healthy eating patterns.…”

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Content Validation through Expert Judgement of an Instrument on the Nutritional Knowledge, Beliefs, and Habits of Pregnant Women

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The aim of this study was to conduct content validation through expert judgement of an instrument which explores the nutritional knowledge, beliefs, and habits during pregnancy. This is a psychometric study in which 14 experts participated in the evaluation of each of the questionnaire items, which were divided into two blocks according to the characteristics of sufficiency, clarity, coherence, and relevance. Fleiss’ κ statistic was used to measure strength of agreement. A pre-test with 102 participants was conducted to measure the degree of understandability of the instrument. The strength of agreement obtained for each of the dimensions was almost perfect. For each pair of experts, strength of agreement ranged between substantial and almost perfect. Sufficiency was the characteristic of the questionnaire that obtained the highest values in the two blocks, and was also the most statistically significant (p < 0.001). Coherence was the most statistically significant characteristic in the first block (p = 0.030). Clarity was the most statistically significant characteristic in the second block (p = 0.037). The wording of five of the twenty original items was corrected. The new version of the instrument attained a high degree of understandability. The results suggest that the instrument is valid and may therefore be applied.

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Content Validation through Expert Judgement of an Instrument on the Nutritional Knowledge, Beliefs, and Habits of Pregnant Women

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“…Within the SDT framework, the Regulation of Eating Behavior Scale (REBS; Pelletier et al, 2004) is a valid multidimensional and psychometrically sound instrument developed to specifically explore the motivational dynamics underlying eating behavior regulation. The REBS is an instrument that has been widely used to evaluate the different behavioral regulatory styles proposed by SDT in the eating domain (e.g., Bégin, Fecteau, Bédard, Senécal, & Ratté, 2018;Guertin, Pelletier, & Pope, 2020;Guertin, Pelletier, É mond, & Lalande, 2017;Hamilton, Hoffman, Arsiwalla, Volpe, & Gropper, 2018;Pelletier et al, 2016).…”

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Adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the regulation of eating behavior scale (REBSp)

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The aim of present study was two-fold: i) to translate and adapt the Regulation of Eating Behavior Scale to Portuguese (REBSp), and ii) to analyze its psychometrics properties (factorial validity with gender invariance analyses, reliability and construct validity). The study sample was composed by 471 Portuguese participants (68.4% females) with a mean age of 30.5 years (SD = 11.2). Structural equation modeling was used to verify the psychometric properties of the scale using SPSS v. 23.0 and AMOS 24.0 software. The analysis showed that the Portuguese 24-item scale presented a good fit, achieving good reliability and convergent validity. Some issues arose with discriminant validity within autonomous and controlled regulations, discussed in light of the simplex pattern expected by self-determination theory literature. Additionally, the scale presented concurrent validity and evidence of gender measurement invariance. Latent mean analysis between genders showed that women presented higher means for intrinsic motivation and integrated regulation when compared to men. In conclusion, analyses suggest that the 24-item Portuguese version of REBS can be used safely to assess the eating regulation in both genders.

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“…SOCs Six items adapted from Guertin Pope and Pelletier's (2020) study in the nutrition context were used to assess SOCs for PA. The first item -used for data analyses purposes -asked participants to select the statement that most accurately represented their current thoughts about PA with a statement for each SOC listed in order thereafter, including; detection (I am trying to decide if I should be physically active), decision (I am debating whether I am going to start being physically active), implementation (I want to learn more about how (when, where, with whom) to be physically active), maintenance (I want to learn more about things I can do to make regular physical activity part of my lifestyle), and habit (Regular physical activity is already part of my lifestyle) phases.…”

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“…Items were reviewed and approved by the authors of the CMSSBC, thereby providing initial face validity. The original items (Guertin et al 2020) demonstrated evidence of criterion validity in relation to self-determined motives, healthy eating, and unhealthy eating. In the present study, bivariate correlation scores between the Likert-based items demonstrated a simplex-ordered structure such that more proximal items (e.g., implementation and maintenance) were more strongly correlated with each other than more distal items (e.g., implementation and detection), thus providing initial support for the convergent validity of this scale.…”

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Examining the Role Ones’ Stage of Change Plays in Understanding the Relationship Between Motivation and Physical Activity

Pope

Pelletier

Guertin

2021

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Considerable research guided by the Self Determination Theory has demonstrated that people who are motivated by more self-determined reasons (e.g., enjoyment, core beliefs, or personally meaningful benefits) are more likely to be physical activity. However, far less is known about the role ones' stage of change (readiness for physical activity) plays in this relationship. The purpose of the present study was to (a) determine if the six forms of motivation and indices of physical activity varied across the stages of change, and (b) investigate if composite scores of self-determined and non-self-determined motivation were differentially related to physical activity indices depending on the stage of change of the individual. In total, 700 adults aged 18-65 (M age = 32.59; SD = 12.82) completed an online survey consisting of demographics, and assessments of stages of change, motivation, and physical activity. Results demonstrated that participants at more advanced stages of change reported significantly higher self-determined motives, moderate activity, vigorous activity, and frequency of physical activity, and lower amotivation, with introjected regulation peaking at the implementation phase. Moderation analyses indicated that stages of change moderated the relationship between self-determined motives and moderate to vigorous physical activity, as well as physical activity frequency, but did not moderate the relationship between non-self-determined motives and indices of physical activity. Findings suggested that participants' self-determined motives play a critical role in physical activity and becomes more important at more advanced stages of change, which is important to consider for program and intervention development.

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The validation of the Healthy and Unhealthy Eating Behavior Scale (HUEBS): Examining the interplay between stages of change and motivation and their association with healthy and unhealthy eating behaviors and physical health

Cited by 34 publications

References 15 publications

Content Validation through Expert Judgement of an Instrument on the Nutritional Knowledge, Beliefs, and Habits of Pregnant Women

Content Validation through Expert Judgement of an Instrument on the Nutritional Knowledge, Beliefs, and Habits of Pregnant Women

Adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the regulation of eating behavior scale (REBSp)

Examining the Role Ones’ Stage of Change Plays in Understanding the Relationship Between Motivation and Physical Activity

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