%0 Journal Article
%T Validation and Factor Structure of the Greek Version of the Emotional Eating Scale in a Sample of Patients with Binge Eating Disorder
%A Maria Karapatsia
%A Chara Tzavara
%A Ioannis Michopoulos
%A Fragiskos Gonidakis
%J Psychology
%P 1627-1639
%@ 2152-7199
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/psych.2024.1510095
%X <b>Background</b>: Emotional eating has significant physical, psychological, and social consequences and it is highly associated with eating disorders. <b>&#927;</b><b>bjectives</b>: The current study aimed to adapt and validate the Emotional Eating Scale (EES) in Greek and examine its factor structure and correlations with eating psychopathology and anthropometric measures. <b>Methods</b>: A sample of 160 participants (90% females) suffering from Binge Eating Disorder (BED), with a mean age of 40.7 years (SD = 11.5 years) and mean Body Mass Index of 37.5 kg/m<sup>2</sup> (SD = 14.8 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) completed the EES and the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0 (EDE-Q). A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to test how well the EES three-factor model fits the data. <b>Results</b>: The three-factor solution had an acceptable fit: anger/frustration, anxiety, and depression (Cronbach&#8217;s alpha = 0.81, 0.83, 0.70, respectively). All EES subscales were significantly and positively correlated with eating concern, shape concern, and weight concern, as well as with the global scoring of EDE-Q. The correlation between EES and BMI was positively significant. Age was significantly and negatively associated only with depression subscale. <b>Conclusions</b>: The results showed that the Greek adaptation of the EES is a reliable measure of emotional eating in people suffering from BED.
%K Emotional Eating Scale
%K Validation
%K Binge Eating Disorder
%K Eating Psychopathology
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=137067