The construct validity of the Restraint Scale among mainland Chinese women

This study aimed to test the construct validity of the newly developed Chinese version of the Revised Restraint Scale (RRS) in two separate female samples from Chinese universities (n1=171; n2=158). The RRS is the most widely used measure of restricted eating for the purpose of achieving or maintain...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Eating behaviors : an international journal 2013-08, Vol.14 (3), p.356-360
Hauptverfasser:	Kong, Fanchang, Zhang, Yan, Chen, Hong
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences body mass index Body Weight China college students Construct validity dieting Eating disorder Factor Analysis, Statistical Feeding Behavior - psychology Female Humans Internal consistency Medical sciences Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems Psychopathology. Psychiatry Reproducibility of Results Restraint Scale Students - psychology Students - statistics & numerical data Surveys and Questionnaires Techniques and methods Universities variance women Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	This study aimed to test the construct validity of the newly developed Chinese version of the Revised Restraint Scale (RRS) in two separate female samples from Chinese universities (n1=171; n2=158). The RRS is the most widely used measure of restricted eating for the purpose of achieving or maintaining a desired weight. Results showed that the 10-item Chinese RRS comprised of two subscales of concern dieting (CD) and weight fluctuation (WF), which together accounted for 53.01% of the total variance. Confirmative factor analysis supported this two-factor model as an acceptable model (χ2/df=1.545, p
ISSN:	1471-0153 1873-7358
DOI:	10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.06.009