Validation of the Chilean version of the Yale food addiction scale 2.0 in a non-clinical sample.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim was to translate and culturally adapt the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0) to the Chilean population, evaluate its psychometric properties in a non-clinical sample, and assess the correlations between symptoms count of food addiction (FA) with demographic and anthropometric variables.

Methods and participants

We evaluated 301 participants (59.1% women) with a mean age of 29.7 ± 12.4 years recruited from two universities and two businesses (non-clinical sample). The Chilean YFAS 2.0 was administered, and anthropometric measurements were carried out. The internal consistency of the items was estimated, and factor structure was tested by confirmatory factor analysis. Test-retest reliability was also examined. The correlations between symptoms count of FA an

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Torrente X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11438714 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature