title: Returning to emotional eating: the emotional eating scale psychometric properties and associations with body image flexibility and binge eating.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study tests the Emotional Eating Scale (EES) psychometric properties and correlates, and the moderator effect of body image flexibility on the association between emotional eating and binge eating.
  
  
  METHODS
  The EES factorial structure was examined in female college students and women from the general population, through a principal component analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis. EES psychometric properties and moderation analyses were further conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The EES presented a three-factor structure-Depression, Anxiety and Anger-a good model fit, internal consistency, construct validity and temporal stability. EES was positively associated with general and eating psychopathology, binge eating, and negatively associated with mindfulness and body image flexibility. Body image flexibility moderated the association between emotional eating and binge eating.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings showed that EES is a valid measure of emotional eating, and clarified the association between emotional eating and binge eating moderated by body image flexibility.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and Intervention (CINEICC), Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua do Colégio Novo, Apartado 6153, 3001-802, Coimbra, Portugal. cristianaoduarte@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Cristiana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and Intervention (CINEICC), Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua do Colégio Novo, Apartado 6153, 3001-802, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinto-Gouveia
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Binge eating; Body image flexibility; Emotional eating; Moderation; Psychometrics