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0442/2018 - Cross-cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Emotional Appetite Questionnaire in Portuguese-speaking women.
Adaptação transcultural do Emotional Appetite Questionnaire em mulheres de língua portuguesa.

Author:

• Sabrina Dantas Sabry - Sabry, SD - Universidade Estadual do Ceará - <sabrinasabry@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9134-8736

Co-author(s):

• Antonio Augusto Ferreira Carioca - Carioca, A. G. F. - Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) - <carioca@unifor.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1194-562X
• Soraia Machado - Machado, Soraia - Fortaleza, CE - Universidade Estadual do Ceará - <soraia.arruda@uece.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3918-4738
• Lia Adriano - Adriano, L - Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) - <liasilveira0404@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7329-6178
• Helena Alves de Carvalho Sampaio - Sampaio, HAC - Universidade Estadual do Ceará. - <drhard@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5353-8259


Abstract:

Obesity and its determinants have been the focus of extensive research, among these determinants is the emotional appetite, defined as the tendency to overeat in response to negative emotions. Some instruments were created in order to measure this construct, among them the Emotional Appetite Questionnaire (EMAQ), which presents the differential of evaluating both, positive and negative, emotions and situations. The objective of this study was to perform cross - cultural adaptation and evaluation of psychometric properties of EMAQ in Portuguese - speaking women. A methodological research was carried out, through translation, back-translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument. A study was carried out with 450 women, through cross-cultural adaptation and evaluation of the instrument\'s psychometric properties (validity and reliability). The internal consistency of the instrument was measured by Cronbach\'s Alpha and stability was done by means of the test-retest. The internal consistency of the instrument was measured by Cronbach\'s Alpha and reproducibility was calculated by means of the test-retest. The instrument showed good internal consistency (0.838) and intraclass correlation (0.724). The interviewees did not showed changes in food consumption in front of positive emotions and situations. There was a tendency to reduce the emotional appetite when subjected to neg

Keywords:

Validation studies; Emotions; Feeding Behavior.

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Sabry, SD, Carioca, A. G. F., Machado, Soraia, Adriano, L, Sampaio, HAC. Cross-cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Emotional Appetite Questionnaire in Portuguese-speaking women.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Oct). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/crosscultural-adaptation-and-evaluation-of-the-psychometric-properties-of-the-emotional-appetite-questionnaire-in-portuguesespeaking-women/16975?id=16975&id=16975



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