title: Development and validation of the Eating Maturity Questionnaire: Preliminary findings.
abstract: This article describes the development of the Eating Maturity Questionnaire, a self-reported measurement of eating maturity that initiates and gives direction to human eating behaviors. The Eating Maturity Questionnaire was designed to study individuals' biological and psychosocial motives for eating. The Eating Maturity Questionnaire is a 21-item tool with satisfactory psychometric values (Cronbach's α coefficients between 0.83 and 0.88) consisting of two subscales: Rational Eating and Psychosocial Maturity Eating Maturity Questionnaire results may be used to design programs that target eating behaviors and body mass modification.
authors.affiliation: Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland potocka@imp.lodz.pl.
authors.forename: Adrianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Potocka
authors.affiliation: Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Najder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
keywords: eating behavior measurement; eating behaviors; eating maturity; health behaviors; scale development