Internal Reliability Analysis of the Turkish Version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale
Journal Title: Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study is to measure the internal reliability of the Turkish version of “Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2.0” originally developed by Gearhardt et al. Methods: A total of 51 randomly selected patients between the ages of 18-64 years who applied to Trakya University Family Medicine Outpatient Clinics between 15.12.2016 and 15.01.2017 gave consent and were included in the study. First, “Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2.0” was translated from English to Turkish. Then, 35-item Yale Food Addiction Scale and a sociodemographic form were applied to participants. Results: Thirty-five female and sixteen male participants had a mean age of 25.1±7.6 years. A measure of internal reliability, Cronbach’s alfa was found to be 0.875. Conclusion: Analysis of this study showed the Turkish version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale had a high internal reliability.
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Esra Senguzel, Serdar Oztora, Hamdi Nezih Dagdeviren
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