Measurement invariance of the Eating Attitudes Test-26 in Caucasian and Hispanic women.
Eat Behav
; 12(4): 317-20, 2011 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-22051367
ABSTRACT
To determine whether the EAT-26 functions similarly in Caucasian and Hispanic samples, the current study investigated the factor structure of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) in 235 undergraduate Caucasian (53.6%) and Hispanic (46.4%) women, and tested for measurement invariance across the two samples. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) of the original 3-factor structure of the EAT resulted in a poor fit in both the Caucasian and Hispanic samples. We then performed a CFA using a previously discovered 4-factor, 16-item structure. This abbreviated measure was a good fit in both the Caucasian and Hispanic samples, and the model was invariant across all dimensions tested. The 16-item EAT is a better-fitting measure in Caucasian and Hispanic women than the commonly used EAT-26. This replicates an earlier finding and generalizes those conclusions to a Hispanic sample.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Hispânico ou Latino
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Anorexia Nervosa
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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População Branca
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Comportamento Alimentar
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eat Behav
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
/
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos