Reliability and Validation of the Childrens Eating AttitudesTest among 10- to 14-Year-Old School Children in Turkey / Confiabilidad y Validación de la Prueba de Actitudes Alimentarias de los Niños entre Escolares de 10 a 14 Años en Turquía
Nutr. clín. diet. hosp
; 42(2): 36-42, Jul 2022. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: ibc-207141
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ES1.1
Localização: ES15.1 - BNCS
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Eating disorders (ED) onset occurs com-monly during adolescence and this is a very critical period oflife in the context of developmental perspectives because ad-equate nutrition is necessary for optimal growth and devel-opment. Nutritional disorders can be harmful and cause ex-treme and potentially permanent physical and psychologicalconsequences. Therefore, defining the eating disorder in itsearly stages is important.Objective:
The goal of this study was to translate theChildrens Eating Attitude Test (CHEAT) into Turkish and es-tablish its validity and reliability among Turkish schoolchil-dren.Methods:
The study was conducted on students from twoprivate and two public primary schools. After delivering invi-tations to suitable classes, informed consents that had beenwritten by participants and parents were collected.Results:
The research comprised 352 children betweenthe ages of 10 and 14, including 222 females and 130 boys.Minimum factor loading is 0.597 and total percentage of ex-plained variance is 58.04 The CFA supported these findings,since the 15-item scale had a greater goodness-of-fit and ex-ploratory component analysis generated four factors.Conclusion:
Analysis of data showed that the ChEAT scaleis a valid and reliable measurement tool available in Turkey. Itis thought that the ChEAT scale will contribute to studies oneating disorders in children aged between 10-14 years.(AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados nacionais
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Espanha
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Instituições Acadêmicas
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Tradução
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Turquia
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Transtornos da Alimentação e da Ingestão de Alimentos
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Criança
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Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
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Nutrição da Criança
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Crescimento
Limite:
Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Nutr. clín. diet. hosp
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Acibadem University/Turkey
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Istanbul Health and Technology University/Turkey