Validity and reliability of the Iranian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for obese women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The face and construct validity of the Iranian version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) was evaluated, and the convergent validity and test-retest reliability of both Iranian and original versions of YFAS for obese women were assessed.

Design

The internal consistency of the YFAS was analysed. Exploratory factor analysis for dichotomous data was performed by varimax rotation, polychoric correlation coefficients and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Convergent validity was established by evaluating the correlation between the original and the Iranian versions of YFAS and the Binge Eating Scale (BES). The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was measured between test-retest results.

Setting

A weight management clinic in Tehran.

Participants

SUBMITTER: Panahi Moghaddam SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195477 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature