Development and validation of the mindful eating scale (mind-eat scale) in a general population

IF 4.6 2区医学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Appetite Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2024.107398

Marion Van Beekum , Rebecca Shankland , Angélique Rodhain , Margaux Robert , Camille Marchand , Athéna Herry , Clémentine Prioux , Mathilde Touvier , Marie Barday , Roxane Turgon , Antoine Avignon , Christophe Leys , Sandrine Péneau

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Abstract

Background

Mindful eating is a concept that is increasingly being used to promote healthy eating. Observational studies have suggested associations with healthier eating behaviors, lower weight status, and favorable cardiovascular biomarkers. However, existing scales assessing mindful eating have some limitations. Our study aimed to develop and validate a scale assessing the level of mindful eating in a general population.

Methods

The Mind-Eat Scale was developed in four main steps: 1. Generating an initial item pool covering all aspects of mindful eating; 2. Reviewing items with experts and naive individuals; 3. Administering the scale to a large and representative sample from the NutriNet-Santé cohort (N = 3102); 4. Conducting psychometric analyses. Construct validity was assessed using exploratory (EFA) (N₁ = 1302) and confirmatory (CFA) (N₂ = 1302, N₃ = 498) factor analyses. Content, discriminant, convergent, and divergent validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability were examined.

Results

The initial pool of 95 items was refined to 24 items using EFA. The EFA highlighted six dimensions: Awareness, Non-reactivity, Openness, Gratitude, Non-judgement, and Hunger/Satiety, consisting of four items per dimension. CFAs showed a good fit for first and second-order models. Adequate content validity was confirmed. Discriminant, convergent, and divergent validity were supported by significant differences between subgroups of individuals, and correlations with eating behaviors and psychological well-being scales. The Mind-Eat Scale showed good reliability for all six dimensions, with high McDonald's ω and adequate intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC).

Conclusions

This study validated the first tool assessing a total mindful eating score and its sub-dimensions in a general population. This scale can be an asset for clinical and epidemiological research on dietary behavior and related chronic diseases.

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在普通人群中开发并验证正念饮食量表（Mind-Eat Scale）。

背景介绍正念进食是一个被越来越多地用于促进健康饮食的概念。观察性研究表明，用心饮食与更健康的饮食行为、较低的体重状态和有利的心血管生物标志物有关。然而，现有的评估用心饮食的量表存在一些局限性。我们的研究旨在开发并验证一种量表，以评估普通人群的用心饮食水平：心智饮食量表的开发主要分为四个步骤：1.1.生成一个涵盖正念进食所有方面的初始项目库；2.与专家和新手一起审查项目；3.对来自 NutriNet-Santé 队列（N=3102）的大量代表性样本实施量表；4.进行心理测量分析。采用探索性（EFA）（N1=1,302）和确认性（CFA）（N2=1,302, N3=498）因素分析评估结构效度。对内容效度、判别效度、聚合效度和发散效度、内部一致性和重复测试可靠性进行了检验：使用 EFA 方法将最初的 95 个项目细化为 24 个项目。EFA 强调了六个维度：意识、非反应性、开放性、感恩性、非判断性和饥饿/满足感，每个维度由四个项目组成。CFAs 显示一阶和二阶模型拟合良好。充分的内容效度得到了证实。个体亚群之间的显著差异以及与饮食行为和心理健康量表的相关性支持了区分效度、收敛效度和发散效度。心智-饮食量表在所有六个维度上都表现出良好的可靠性，具有较高的麦克唐纳ω和足够的类内相关系数（ICC）：本研究验证了首个在普通人群中评估正念进食总分及其子维度的工具。该量表可用于饮食行为及相关慢性疾病的临床和流行病学研究。

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Appetite 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

9.10

自引率

11.10%

发文量

566

审稿时长

13.4 weeks

期刊介绍： Appetite is an international research journal specializing in cultural, social, psychological, sensory and physiological influences on the selection and intake of foods and drinks. It covers normal and disordered eating and drinking and welcomes studies of both human and non-human animal behaviour toward food. Appetite publishes research reports, reviews and commentaries. Thematic special issues appear regularly. From time to time the journal carries abstracts from professional meetings. Submissions to Appetite are expected to be based primarily on observations directly related to the selection and intake of foods and drinks; papers that are primarily focused on topics such as nutrition or obesity will not be considered unless they specifically make a novel scientific contribution to the understanding of appetite in line with the journal's aims and scope.