Validity, Reliability and Feasibility of the Eating Behavior Pattern Questionnaire (EBPQ) among Iranian female students

Dehghan, Parvin; Asghari‐Jafarabadi, Mohammad; Salekzamani, Shabnam

doi:10.15171/hpp.2015.015

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“…The results of discriminant validity also showed that each unique dimension of EBPQ was distinct from one another. The findings were consistent with those of a similar nature (Salekzamani et al, 2015). The findings verified that the adopted version of the EBPQ had the theoretical factor structure.…”

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“…Recently, in both developed and developing countries, chronic diseases cause premature deaths and significant disabilities because of the changes in dietary patterns, eating behaviour, and lifestyle (Salekzamani, Asghari-Jafarabadi & Dehghan, 2015). Behavioural factors such as eating behaviour pattern, is one of the most influential factors of weight gain and obesity (Chong et al, 2016).…”

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“…This questionnaire was adopted from previous studies with 51 items (Salekzamani et al, 2015;Schlundt et al, 2003). No study has yet examined the dimensions of EBPQ in context of Malaysian university students.…”

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Validation and dimensional analysis of the eating behaviour pattern questionnaire among Malaysian university students

Kheirollahpour¹,

Shariff²,

Merican³

et al. 2020

Mal J Nutr

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Introduction: Eating behaviour pattern is among the key behavioural factors that contribute to eating disorders. Hence, to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Eating Behaviour Pattern Questionnaire (EBPQ) that is used in epidemiological studies to measure the relationship between health outcomes and eating behaviour patterns, this study aimed to validate the adopted version of the EBPQ and to check the validity and reliability of this tool in University of Malaya, Malaysia. Methods: Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to determine the most appropriate factor structure of EBPQ. Moreover, structural equation modelling (SEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were applied to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of EBPQ. As for the participants of the study, multi-stage random sampling was used and 200 students (109 females and 91 males) from University of Malaya were chosen. Results: The EFA yielded nine components of EBPQ including emotional eating, eating outside, cultural habit, low-fat eating, meal skipping, snacking, healthy eating, planning for food and sweets, which explained 67.7% of the total variance. Furthermore, the Cronbach's α was about 0.8 for all components, which exhibited a high internal consistency among the obtained components. The results showed that the questionnaire had sufficient convergent and discriminant validity. Conclusion: The EBPQ was proven to be a reliable tool to measure the eating behaviour patterns in Malaysian university students. The presence of adequate validity and reliability supports this instrument's psychometric properties for future studies.

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Validation and dimensional analysis of the eating behaviour pattern questionnaire among Malaysian university students

Kheirollahpour¹,

Shariff²,

Merican³

et al. 2020

Mal J Nutr

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“…Six eating behavior patterns were assessed in the EBPQ as follows: low fat eating (questions about the amount of fat in the diet and choosing low fat foods), snacking and convenience (questions about frequent use of cookies, high sugar bars and other sweet snacks), emotional eating (questions about the effect of emotional change on eating patterns), planning ahead (questions about eating out of home and frequent eating of fast foods in restaurants), meal skipping (questions about skipping the main food meals) and cultural/ life style behavior (questions about the role of food in family and community and the role of cultural impositions on food choices). Previous studies in Iran demonstrated the initial validity, reliability and feasibility of the Iranian version of EBPQ for use in young females establishing the Cronbach’s α and intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) ranging between 0.55 to 0.78 and 0.67 to 0.89 respectively [ 47 ]. However its reliability was assessed again and Cronbach’s α of 0.78 was established in the current study.…”

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Mental health problems in relation to eating behavior patterns, nutrient intakes and health related quality of life among Iranian female adolescents

2018

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AimsTo identify the association between mental health problems, eating behavior patterns, nutrient intakes and health related quality of life (HRQoL) among Iranian female adolescents.Materials and methodsThe current cross-sectional study conducted among three high-schools randomly selected from 10-day-public high schools in the selected sub-county from Tabriz city-Iran between December 2015 through March 2016. Participants were a sample of 107 adolescent girls aged 15–17 years old. Anthropometric parameters were measured and assessments of HRQoL, mental health problems and eating behavioral patterns were performed by Short Form 36 (SF-36), Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires (SDQ) and Eating Behavioral Pattern Questionnaire (EBPQ) respectively. Dietary intake was assessed using a semi-quantitative Food-Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) adapted for the Iranian society. Quality of life was measured with HRQoL questionnaire. Quantitative analysis using independent sample t test was performed for comparison of continuous variables between two subgroups (unlikely, possible/probable) of each category of mental health problem. Multiple logistic regression was used to measure the potential predictors (e.g. eating patterns and HRQoL) of mental health problems in two models of crude and adjusted for age and body mass index (BMI). P values less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant.ResultsIndicators of conduct problems and hyperactivity disorders were the most prevalent mental health problems among female adolescents (25.2% and 18.6% respectively). The prevalence of hyperactivity disorders among female adolescents was 35.5%. Female adolescents in high scores of ‘snacking and convenience’, ‘planning ahead’ and ‘meal skipping’ eating patterns were more likely to have indicators of emotional disorders (P < 0.05). Also, being in the high tertile of ‘low fat eating’ pattern made adolescents less likely to have hyperactivity disorders (P < 0.05). Moreover, according to our finding, high scores of vitality and mental health components of HRQoL were associated with reduced likelihood of emotional disorders, conduct disorders and hyperactivity disorders. No significant difference in terms of BMI and nutrient intakes in different categories of mental health problems according to SDQ scoring was identified.ConclusionsIn the current study unhealthy eating patterns including ‘snacking and convenience’, ‘planning ahead’ and ‘meal skipping’ eating patterns were positive predictors of “emotional disorders” while “low fat” eating pattern was negative predictor of hyperactivity disorders.

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“…Considering the poor performance of Food Habit Questionnaire [ 6 , 47 ], the developers of EBPQ modified and incorporated new dimensions with a high Cronbach’s alpha of 0.80 for the overall EBPQ [ 43 ] and a test-retest reliability ranging from 0.67 to 0.90 [ 42 ]. Response category for each statement is based on 5-point Likert’s scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).…”

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Effect of age and gender on dietary patterns, mindful eating, body image and confidence

Jacob,

Panwar

2023

BMC Psychol

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The emergence of ‘Diet Culture’ came into existence with the era of pop culture, which emphasized the idea of body improvement by embracing the portrayal of unrealistic beauty standards set by the thin-ideal media. This growing and trending culture gained its popularity in India with the COVID pandemic and the imposed lockdown, wherein the prevalence of obesity and binge eating resulted from counter-regulatory eating behaviors and restrictive food intake to a greater extent of skipping meals to achieve the desired body type. The present empirical investigation focuses on understanding the gender and age-based differences (between the ages 18 to 55) among Indian population on dietary patterns, body image, mindful eating and physical appearance confidence using 2 × 3 factorial design. The tools used were Eating Behavior Pattern Questionnaire (EBPQ) [43], Body Self- image Questionnaire (BSIQ) [40], Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ) [18] and Personal Evaluation Inventory (PEI) [44] were administered on a sample size of 120, selected using convenience sampling technique. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS Version 20.0. Results of the study reveal non-significant age and gender differences for mindful eating and appearance confidence. Significant age- differences were observed for Snacking and convenience F(2,114) = 6.22, p < .05; social dependence F(2,114) = 3.87, p < .05 and height dissatisfaction F(2,114) = 8.79, p < .05. And, significant gender differences were observed for Meal Skipping F(1,114) = 6.46, P < .05; snacking and convenience F(1,114) = 4.19, p < .05; fatness evaluation F(1,114) = 5.94, p < .05 and fitness evaluation F(1,114) = 5.33, p < .05. The only significant interaction effect observed was for social dependence dimension F(2, 114) = 3.96, p < .05. Thus, high exposure to social media and diet-related content contributed significantly to changing dietary patterns, and how they look, feel or perceive their body.

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Validity, Reliability and Feasibility of the Eating Behavior Pattern Questionnaire (EBPQ) among Iranian female students

Abstract: Our findings demonstrate the initial validity, reliability and feasibility of the Iranian version of EBPQ as a useful tool for eating behavior studies in young females.

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Validation and dimensional analysis of the eating behaviour pattern questionnaire among Malaysian university students

Validation and dimensional analysis of the eating behaviour pattern questionnaire among Malaysian university students

Mental health problems in relation to eating behavior patterns, nutrient intakes and health related quality of life among Iranian female adolescents

Effect of age and gender on dietary patterns, mindful eating, body image and confidence

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