The Binge Eating Scale: Structural Equation Competitive Models, Invariance Measurement Between Sexes, and Relationships With Food Addiction, Impulsivity, Binge Drinking, and Body Mass Index.

Escrivá-Martínez, Tamara; Galiana, Laura; Rodríguez-Arias, Marta; Baños, Rosa M

Escrivá-Martínez, Tamara; Galiana, Laura; Rodríguez-Arias, Marta; Baños, Rosa M.

Afiliação

Escrivá-Martínez T; Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Galiana L; Polibienestar Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Rodríguez-Arias M; Department of Methodology for the Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Baños RM; Department of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Front Psychol ; 10: 530, 2019.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30967808

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

The Binge Eating Scale (BES) is a widely used self-report questionnaire to identify compulsive eaters. However, research on the dimensions and psychometric properties of the BES is limited.

Objective:

The aim of this study was to examine the properties of the Spanish version of the BES.

Methods:

Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFAs) were carried out to verify the BES factor structure in a sample of Spanish college students (N = 428, 75.7% women; age range = 18-30). An invariance measurement routine was carried out across sexes, the latent means were compared, and estimates of reliability and convergent and discriminant validity were presented.

Results:

A one-factor model fit the data best and was also equivalent between sexes. The scalar invariance model showed statistically significant differences across sexes, with a higher prevalence in women. Regarding reliability, the results were excellent. Finally, high statistically significant correlations were obtained with other measures of binge eating (BE), food addiction, impulsivity, binge drinking, and body mass index (BMI).