RT Journal Article
T1 Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the DOS questionnaire for the detection of orthorexic nervosa behavior
A1 Parra Fernández, María Laura
A1 Onieva Zafra, María Dolores
A1 Fernández Muñoz, Juan José
A1 Fernández Martínez, Elia
AB IntroductionOrthorexia nervosa, a term used to describe an obsession with healthy eating, has beenshown to have major health implications for those affected. The aim of this study was to validatea Spanish version of the Du¨ sseldorfer Ortorexie Skala (DOS), a questionnaire for thedetection of orthorexic behavior.MethodsA cross-sectional study comprising a total sample of 492 Spanish participants recruited fromthe University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, and randomly divided into two groups. The followingtools were applied: the DOS and the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2). The factorialstructures were analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis.ResultsThe internal consistency of the DOS-ES was α = .841. The exploratory factor analysis hasrevealed the existence of a single factor with factor loadings ranging from .508 to .802. Aconfirmatory factor analysis was applied to the second half of the random sample in order toconfirm the factor solution.ConclusionThe Spanish adaptation of the DOS-ES is proven to be a reliable and valid questionnaire forevaluating the obsessive tendency towards healthy eating among university students.
PB Public Library of Science
SN 1932-6203
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16251
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16251
LA eng
NO Parra-Fernández ML, Onieva-Zafra MD, Fernández-Muñoz JJ, Fernández-Martínez E (2019) Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the DOS questionnaire for the detection of orthorexic nervosa behavior. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216583. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0216583
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026