Culture and research instruments : the performance of eating attitude test questionnaire in the Arab culture
Other Title(s)
الثقافة و أدوات البحث : أداء استبيان اختبار الموقف من الطعام في الثقافة العربية
Author
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 5, Issue 1 (31 May. 1994), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
1994-05-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The paper assesses the cross-cultural validity of the eating attitude test questionnaire in the Arabic culture.
The Author reports her findings from two studies conducted on Arab female students where the EAT was the main screening instrument for eating morbidity in this culture.
The EAT performed reasonably well in this population with high degree of sensitivity and specificity.
The paper discusses as well the results of a confirmatory factor analysis of the EAT carried out by the author on a sample of Egyptian school girls.
The analysis yielded three factor structure in conformity with the factor structure reported by the authors of the questionnaire themselves.
The dieting factor attracted the highest reliability but doubts were raised in connection to the bulimia factor.
The results offered some support for the continued use of the EAT in future eating disorders research in this part of the world, particularly for some aspects of eating pathology, namely dieting and concerns about weight and shape.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nasir, Mirfat. 1994. Culture and research instruments : the performance of eating attitude test questionnaire in the Arab culture. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 5, no. 1, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nasir, Mirfat. Culture and research instruments : the performance of eating attitude test questionnaire in the Arab culture. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 5, no. 1 (May 1994), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Nasir, Mirfat. Culture and research instruments : the performance of eating attitude test questionnaire in the Arab culture. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 1994. Vol. 5, no. 1, pp.1-11.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references: p. 10-11
Record ID
BIM-220381