title: Concurrent and convergent validity of the eating in the absence of hunger questionnaire and behavioral paradigm in overweight children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to assess the concurrent and convergent validity of the Eating in the Absence of Hunger (EAH) questionnaire parent report of child (EAH-PC) and child self-report (EAH-C) with the EAH behavioral paradigm (EAH%) and usual dietary intake.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were obtained at baseline assessment for 117 treatment-seeking overweight and obese (BMI > 85th percentile) 8- to 12-year old children (53% female, 54% white) and their parents. Children participated in the EAH free access paradigm after a standardized ad libitum meal. Parents and children completed EAH questionnaires, and the children completed three 24 h recalls. EAH External Eating subscale and total scores were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  EAH% was inversely associated with the EAH-PC total score (p < .04), however, it was not associated with the EAH-PC External Eating scale, EAH-C total score or EAH-C External Eating scale. Daily caloric intake was positively related to both the EAH-C total score (p < .02) and External Eating subscale (p < .007). Daily caloric intake was inversely related to EAH-PC total score (p < .05), but was not related to EAH-PC External Eating subscale or EAH%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Concurrent validity was not supported for EAH questionnaires, but convergent validity was supported for EAH-C and child daily caloric intake. Further research is warranted to assess whether EAH questionnaires and paradigm are measuring different aspects of EAH in treatment-seeking children.
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Madowitz
authors.forename: June
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Carol B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rydell
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Zucker
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanofsky-Kraff
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harnack
authors.forename: Kerri N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Boutelle
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006815:Hunger; D008297:Male; D062407:Meals / Q000523:psychology*; D008910:Minnesota; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
keywords: assessment; children; disordered eating; eating in the absence of hunger; obesity