Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Child Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire for primary and secondary school students

Demir D., BEKTAŞ M., Bektaş İ., Demir Ş., Bryant E. J.

Public Health Nutrition, vol.24, no.3, pp.427-435, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s1368980020001767
  • Journal Name: Public Health Nutrition
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.427-435
  • Keywords: Children, Eating behaviours, Obesity, Underweight
  • Hakkari University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Child Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire for primary and secondary school students. Design: A methodological, descriptive and correlational study design was adopted. Setting: The study was conducted in the western and central regions of Turkey. Participants: This methodological-descriptive-correlational study was conducted with 351 children between July 2018 and August 2018. The mean age of children is 10·74 ± 1·79 (8-14). Results: The scale consists of seventeen items and three sub-dimensions (restraint, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating), which explained 52·88 % of the total variance. All the factor loadings were >0·40 in both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). In CFA, all of the fit indices were >0·85, and root mean square error of approximation was <0·08. For the whole of the scale, Cronbach's α was 0·81 and it was found that Cronbach's α values of all sub-dimensions were >0·70. Conclusions: The results of the study show that the Child Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire for primary and secondary school students is a valid and reliable measurement tool for Turkish sampling.