title: Validation of the Eating Pattern Inventory for Children in a General Population Sample of 11- to 12-Year-Old Children.
abstract: Previous research suggests that the Eating Pattern Inventory for Children (EPI-C) is best conceptualized as comprising four factors: dietary restraint, emotional, external eating and parental pressure to eat. This study aims to examine the psychometric properties of the EPI-C and to test gender and weight group differences. The population-based study sample comprised 1,939 children aged 11 to 12 years from the Copenhagen Child Cohort (CCC2000). Psychometric properties were evaluated using multigroup categorical data in confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and differential item functioning (DIF) tests. CFA supported the four-factor solution for the EPI-C. Reliability estimates were satisfactory for three of the four scales. DIF with regard to weight was found for an item on weight loss intention. Girls reported higher restrained and emotional eating; overweight children reported higher restrained, emotional and external eating, while underweight children reported higher parental pressure to eat. The results support the use of EPI-C for measuring eating behaviors in preadolescence.
authors.affiliation: 1 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark.|2 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Munkholm
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.|3 Optum Patient Insights, Lincoln, RI, USA.|4 National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jakob B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bjorner
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.|5 Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark.
authors.forename: Janne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: 6 UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Micali
authors.affiliation: 1 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark.|2 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Else Marie
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anne Mette
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Skovgaard
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012042:Registries; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology
keywords: CCC2000; EPI-C; eating behaviors; preadolescence; psychometrics; validity