Psychometric properties of the modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 in a large Brazilian sample

Autor: Marco Solmi, Felipe Barreto Schuch, Eduard Vieta, João Quevedo, Michael Maes, Andrea Murru, Cristiano A. Köhler, Paulo R. Nunes-Neto, Brendon Stubbs, André F. Carvalho
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry v.40 n.4 2018
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online)
Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
instacron:ABP
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Iss 0 (2018)
Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, Issue: ahead, Published: 11 JUN 2018
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
instname
Dipòsit Digital de la UB
Universidad de Barcelona
ISSN: 1809-452X
Popis: Objective: The field of food addiction has attracted growing research attention. The modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (mYFAS 2.0) is a screening tool based on DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorders. However, there is no validated instrument to assess food addiction. \ud Methods: The mYFAS 2.0 has been transculturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. The data for this study was obtained through an anonymous web-based research platform: participants provided socio- demographic data and answered Brazilian versions of the the mYFAS 2.0 and the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11). Analysis included an assessment of the Brazilian mYFAS 2.0’s internal consistency reliability, factor structure, and convergent validity in relation to BIS-11 scores. \ud Results: Overall, 7,639 participants were included (71.3% females; age: 27.2 6 7.9 years). The Brazilian mYFAS 2.0 had adequate internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89). A single factor solution yielded the best goodness-of-fit parameters for both the continuous and categorical version of the mYFAS 2.0 in confirmatory factor analysis. In addition, mYFAS 2.0 correlated with BIS-11 total scores (Spearman’s rho = 0.26, p o 0.001) and subscores. \ud Conclusion: The Brazilian mYFAS 2.0 demonstrated adequate psychometric properties in our sample; however, future studies should further evaluate its discriminant validity.
Databáze: OpenAIRE