title: Validation of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire for Children (DEBQ-C) for use with Spanish children.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire for children was developed by Van Strien and Oosterveld (2008) to measure three different eating behaviors (emotional eating, restrained eating and external eating); it is an adaptation of the DEBQ for adults.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to analyze the psychometric properties of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire for Children (DEBQ-C) with a Spanish sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  The DEBQ-C was administered to 473 children (240 boys and 233 girls), from 10 to 14 years old. The sample included a Clinical Overweight Group (COG; n = 81) comprising children who were receiving weight loss treatments, a Non Clinical Overweight Group (NCOG, n = 31) comprising children who were overweight but not in treatment, and a Normal Weight Group (NWG, n = 280).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed that the DEBQ-C had acceptable internal consistency (a = 0.70). Temporal stability was good for "External Eating" and "Restrained Eating" scales. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the three-factor solution had good fit indices. Furthermore, the clinical overweight participants scored significantly higher on "External Eating" and "Restrained Eating" compared to the normal weight children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The DEBQ-C proved to be an effective instrument for researching children's eating behaviors.
authors.affiliation: University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. banos@uv.es
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Baños
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cebolla
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Etchemendy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Felipe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rasal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Botella
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001290:Attitude; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations