Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Fear of Food Measure in adolescents across three independent samples.

ABSTRACT: The Fear of Food Measure (FOFM) was developed to assess eating-related anxiety and evaluate outcomes of food exposure treatment. The FOFM scores in adult community and clinical samples have demonstrated good factor structure, reliability, and validity, but the FOFM has yet to be evaluated in adolescents, despite eating disorders (EDs) being extremely prevalent during adolescence. The current research evaluated the psychometric properties of the FOFM in three independent child and adolescent samples ages 11-18: patients at two separate intensive treatment programs for EDs (N = 688, N = 151) and students in an all-girl high school (N = 310). The revised adolescent version of FOFM (FOFM-A) consists of 10 items and three subscales: Anxiety About Eating, Food Anxiety Rules,

SUBMITTER: Vanzhula IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11956020 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature