Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0: A dimensional approach to scoring.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Assessment approaches for food addiction in younger samples have not been updated to reflect recently revised diagnostic approaches for addictive disorders. The aim of the current study is to develop a new dimensional approach to assess food addiction in adolescents that is psychometrically sound, developmentally appropriate, and reflective of the updated diagnostic criteria.

Methods

The dimensional Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children 2.0 (dYFAS-C 2.0) and related measures were administered to 127 adolescents from the community in the United States. Endorsement rates for each question were reviewed, and the psychometric properties were evaluated.

Results

Problem-focused symptoms had low endorsement rates and were excluded from the final version of the sca

SUBMITTER: Schiestl ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6231957 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature