Validation and dimensional analysis of the eating behaviour pattern questionnaire among Malaysian university students

Kheirollahpour Maryam, . and Asma Ahmad Shariff, . and Amir Feisal Merican, . and Danaee Mahmoud, . Validation and dimensional analysis of the eating behaviour pattern questionnaire among Malaysian university students. pp. 333-340. ISSN 1394–035X

Introduction: Eating behaviour pattern is among the key behavioural factors that contribute to eating disorders. Hence to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Eating Behaviour Pattern Questionnaire (EBPQ) that is used in epidemiological studies to measure the relationship between health outcomes and eating behaviour patterns this study aimed to validate the adopted version of the EBPQ and to check the validity and reliability of this tool in University of Malaya Malaysia. Methods: Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to determine the most appropriate factor structure of EBPQ. Moreover structural equation modelling (SEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were applied to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of EBPQ. As for the participants of the study multi-stage random sampling was used and 200 students (109 females and 91 males) from University of Malaya were chosen. Results: The EFA yielded nine components of EBPQ including emotional eating eating outside cultural habit low-fat eating meal skipping snacking healthy eating planning for food and sweets which explained 67.7 of the total variance. Furthermore the Cronbachs was about 0.8 for all components which exhibited a high internal consistency among the obtained components. The results showed that the questionnaire had sufficient convergent and discriminant validity. Conclusion: The EBPQ was proven to be a reliable tool to measure the eating behaviour patterns in Malaysian university students. The presence of adequate validity and reliability supports this instruments psychometric properties for future studies.

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Abstract

Introduction: Eating behaviour pattern is among the key behavioural factors that contribute to eating disorders. Hence to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Eating Behaviour Pattern Questionnaire (EBPQ) that is used in epidemiological studies to measure the relationship between health outcomes and eating behaviour patterns this study aimed to validate the adopted version of the EBPQ and to check the validity and reliability of this tool in University of Malaya Malaysia. Methods: Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to determine the most appropriate factor structure of EBPQ. Moreover structural equation modelling (SEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were applied to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of EBPQ. As for the participants of the study multi-stage random sampling was used and 200 students (109 females and 91 males) from University of Malaya were chosen. Results: The EFA yielded nine components of EBPQ including emotional eating eating outside cultural habit low-fat eating meal skipping snacking healthy eating planning for food and sweets which explained 67.7 of the total variance. Furthermore the Cronbachs was about 0.8 for all components which exhibited a high internal consistency among the obtained components. The results showed that the questionnaire had sufficient convergent and discriminant validity. Conclusion: The EBPQ was proven to be a reliable tool to measure the eating behaviour patterns in Malaysian university students. The presence of adequate validity and reliability supports this instruments psychometric properties for future studies.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Eating
AGROVOC Term:	Behaviour
AGROVOC Term:	Students
AGROVOC Term:	Universities
AGROVOC Term:	Nutrition surveys
AGROVOC Term:	Questionnaires
AGROVOC Term:	Factorial analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Models
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9772

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