Validation of the French version of the yale food addiction scale: An examination of its factor structure, reliability, and construct validity in a nonclinical sample

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 276-284

  Brunault, Paul ^a,b   Ballon, Nicolas ^a,c,d   Gaillard, Philippe ^a,c,d   Réveillère, Christian ^b   Courtois, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d Université de Tours   (France)

Author keywords

Addiction; Addictive behaviour; Binge eating disorder; Binge eating scale; Bulimic investigatory test Edinburgh; Factor analysis; Food addiction; French; Psychometrics; Yale food addiction scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DSM-IV-TR; FOOD ADDICTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; YALE FOOD ADDICTION SCALE;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BULIMIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84900450053     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371405900507     Document Type: Article

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