The Eating Motivation Survey: results from the USA, India and Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Research has shown that there is a large variety of different motives underlying why people eat what they eat, which can be assessed with The Eating Motivation Survey (TEMS). The present study investigates the consistency and measurement invariance of the fifteen basic motives included in TEMS in countries with greatly differing eating environments.

Design

The fifteen-factor structure of TEMS (brief version: forty-six items) was tested in confirmatory factor analyses.

Setting

An online survey was conducted.

Subjects

US-American, Indian and German adults (total N 749) took part.

Results

Despite the complexity of the model, fit indices indicated a reasonable model fit (for the total sample: χ 2/df=4·03; standardized root-mean-squared residual (SR

SUBMITTER: Sproesser G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260794 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature