Kliemann, N;
Beeken, RJ;
Wardle, J;
Johnson, F;
(2016)
Development and validation of the Self-Regulation of Eating Behaviour Questionnaire for adults.
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
, 13
(87)
10.1186/s12966-016-0414-6.
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Abstract
Background Eating self-regulatory capacity can help individuals to cope with the obesogenic environment and achieve, as well as maintain, a healthy weight and diet. At present, there is no comprehensive, reliable and valid questionnaire for assessing this capacity and measuring change in response to self-regulation interventions in adults. This paper reports the development of the Self-regulation of Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (SREBQ) for use in UK adults, and presents evidence for its reliability and construct validity. The development of the SREBQ involved generation of an item pool, followed by two pilot studies (Samples 1 and 2) and a test of the questionnaire’s underlying factor structure (Sample 3). The final version of the SREBQ was then assessed for reliability and construct validity (Sample 4). Results Development of the SREBQ resulted in a 5-item questionnaire. The face validity was satisfactory, as assessed by the pilot studies. The factor structure analysis (Sample 3) suggested that it has a single underlying factor, which was confirmed in a second sample (Sample 4). The SREBQ had strong construct validity, showing a positive correlation with general measures of self-regulation. It was also positively correlated with motivation and behavioural automaticity, and negatively correlated with food responsiveness and emotional over-eating (p < 0.001). It showed good discriminant validity, as it was only weakly associated with satiety responsiveness, food fussiness and slowness in eating. Conclusions The SREBQ is a reliable and valid measure for assessment of eating self-regulatory capacity in the general UK adult population.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Development and validation of the Self-Regulation of Eating Behaviour Questionnaire for adults |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12966-016-0414-6 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-016-0414-6 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Nutrition & Dietetics, Physiology, Measurement, Questionnaire, Self-regulation, Self-control, Eating behaviour, Validity, Reliability, BODY-MASS INDEX, DIETARY RESTRAINT, LIMITED RESOURCES, WEIGHT MANAGEMENT, SUCCESS, LIFE, PSYCHOLOGY, INVENTORY, DEPLETION, VALIDITY |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1508747 |
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