The psychometric properties of Binge Eating Scale among overweight college students in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Binge Eating Scale (BES) is a widely used measuring tool to assess binge eating problems in Western countries. However, the psychometric properties of such scales among cross-cultural youth groups are insufficient, and the factor structure continues to be debated; therefore, further research is needed. The aim of this study was to examine the properties of BES among overweight college students in Taiwan.

Methods

A cross-sectional design and convenience sampling were adopted to recruit 300 overweight students from five universities. A translated Traditional Chinese version of BES was used for the survey, and the validity of the scale was tested using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburgh (BITE). The reliability was eva

SUBMITTER: Yan HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039566 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature