RT Journal Article
T1 Psychometric Properties of the Emotional Eater Questionnaire in University Students
A1 Sosa Cordobés, Elena
A1 García Padilla, Francisca María
A1 Ortega Galán, Ángela María
A1 Sánchez Alcón, Miriam
A1 Garrido Fernández, Almudena
A1 Ramos Pichardo, Juan Diego
AB Emotional Eating (EE) patterns have been shown to play a relevant role in the developmentof overweight and obesity. The aim of this study was to analyze the factor structure and psychometricproperties of the Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ) in university students from Huelva. TheEEQ was administered to 1282 students (age 22.00 (±5.10), BMI 23.59 (±6.74)), belonging to theUniversity of Huelva. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)were carried out. The internal structure of the questionnaire, internal consistency, test-retest reliability,and convergent validity were analyzed. Principal component analysis of the questionnaire showedtwo dimensions, explaining 56% of the variance. Internal consistency showed a Cronbach’s alphaof 0.859 globally, and of 0.841–0.855 if the items were removed. The corrected item-total correlationyielded values of 0.444–0.687. The test-retest stability was ICC = 0.924 (p < 0.001). The data showedsignificant correlations between EEQ and the rest of the variables, and a Spearman’s Coefficientranging from −0.367 to 0.400. The fit indexes were good for the confirmatory factor analysis. Theresults obtained with this structure found an adequate reliability and validity of the questionnaire incomparison with previous studies
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21187
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21187
LA eng
NO Sosa-Cordobés, E.; García-Padilla, F.M.; Ortega-Galán, Á.M.; Sánchez-Alcón, M.; Garrido-Fernández, A.; Ramos-Pichardo, J.D. Psychometric Properties of the Emotional Eater Questionnaire in University Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health (2022), 19, 10965. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph191710965
NO This research was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, as allocated to theintern ESC, with reference number (FPU18/04620)The authors thank all the students participating in the study for their selflesscollaboration in this research. We also extend a special thanks to Ester Molina for her assistance withthe write-up and English review of this study
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026