Psychometric Properties Of The Turkish Version Of The Child Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire For Primary And Secondary School Students

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Child Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire for primary and secondary school students.Design: A methodological, descriptive and correlational study design was adopted.Setting: ed in the western and central regions of Turkey.Participants: This methodological-descriptive-correlational study was conducted with 351 children between July 2018 and August 2018. The mean age of children is 10 center dot 74 +/- 1 center dot 79 (8-14).Results: The scale consists of seventeen items and three sub-dimensions (restraint, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating), which explained 52 center dot 88 % of the total variance. All the factor loadings were >0 center dot 40 in both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). In CFA, all of the fit indices were >0 center dot 85, and root mean square error of approximation was <0 center dot 08. For the whole of the scale, Cronbach's alpha was 0 center dot 81 and it was found that Cronbach's alpha values of all sub-dimensions were >0 center dot 70.Conclusions: The results of the study show that the Child Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire for primary and secondary school students is a valid and reliable measurement tool for Turkish sampling.