Adaptation and validation of the Hungarian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children
In: Journal of Behavioral Addictions, Jg. 7 (2018), Heft 1, S. 181-188
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Background Childhood obesity proves to be an important public health issue, since it serves as a potential risk factor for multiple diseases. Food addiction could also serve as an important etiological factor. As childhood obesity plays a serious issue also in Hungary, we aimed to adapt and validate the Hungarian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children (H-YFAS-C). Methods A total of 191 children were assessed with the H-YFAS-C and the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI). The following psychometric properties were analyzed: internal consistency, construct validity, convergent, and discriminant validity. Results A good construct validity was revealed by confirmatory factor analysis (RMSEA = 0.0528, CFI = 0.896, χ2 value = 279.06). Question 25 proved to have no significant effect on its group and was removed from further analyses. The Kuder–Richardson 20 coefficient indicated good internal consistency (K20 = 0.82). With the use of the eight EDI subscales, a good convergent and discriminant validity could be determined. Food addiction was diagnosed in 8.9% of children. The mean symptom count was 1.7 ± 1.2 (range: 0–7). Females were more often diagnosed with food addiction than males (p = .016; OR = 3.6, 95% CI: 1.2–10.6). BMI percentiles were significantly higher in children with diagnosed food addiction (p = .003). There proved to be no correlation between age and the occurrence of food addiction. Discussion and conclusion Our results show that H-YFAS-C is a good and reliable tool for addictive-like behavior assessment.
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Adaptation and validation of the Hungarian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Tóth, Ákos ; Csábi, Györgyi ; Janszky, József ; Abaligeti, Gallusz ; Tényi, Dalma ; Tényi, Tamás ; Molnár, Dénes ; Jeges, Sára ; Gearhardt, Ashley N. ; Éva Erzsébet Magyar |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of Behavioral Addictions, Jg. 7 (2018), Heft 1, S. 181-188 |
Veröffentlichung: | Akadémiai Kiadó, 2018 |
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ISSN: | 2063-5303 (print) ; 2062-5871 (print) |
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