Development and initial validation of the trait and state Mindful Eating Behaviour Scales.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The quantitative assessment of mindful eating has been challenging, even with the latest additions to the field of multifactorial mindful eating psychometric tools. This manuscript presents the development, validity and reliability assessment of a trait and state Mindful Eating Behaviour Scale across four studies driven by recent theory (Mantzios in Nutr Health 27: 1-5, 2021).

Methods

Study 1 assessed the content validity of the scale through ratings of clinical and research experts in the field. Study 2 inspected the scale through exploratory and confirmatory factor, parallel, correlation, and reliability analyses. Study 3 assessed the temporal stability through a test-retest in a 2-week interval. Study 4 assessed the scale in a randomized control experimental desig

SUBMITTER: Mantzios M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10600279 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature