An Overeating Profiling Self-report Questionnaire: phase I

作者：Pinkhasov Mark M^*; Prabhu Kimberly R; Ishak Nawitsa; Chari Sherman; Lee Michael; Shabsigh Ridwan

来源：Journal of Mens Health, 2010, 7(4): 373-379.

DOI：10.1016/j.jomh.2010.08.012

• Overeating
• Obesity
• Overweight
• Overeating profiles
• Profiling questionnaires
• Validation designs
• Psychometric tests
• Eating behavior
• Eating style

Background Excess body weight and obesity are world wide public health concerns Different eating habits and overeating patterns contribute to the overweight epidemic The reason to eat and overeat varies for different individuals and situations We hypothesize that overeating occurs for differentiable reasons that create different profiles
Methods An Overeating Profiling Self-Report Questionnaire (OPSRQ) was developed and administered to 26 subjects to evaluate for linguistic effectiveness and initial profiling measures Construction of the initial version of the questionnaire was based on results of pre-testing interviews conducted on 10 subjects and literature review The final version of OPSRQ consists of 6 questions that profiles participants based on their responses to the questionnaire, age gender, and other demographic variables
Results Of the 26 respondents there were 6 (23%) unconscious eaters, 3 (12%) susceptible eaters 8 (31%) joy eaters, 4 (15%) stress eaters, 6 (23%) circumstance eaters and 11 (42%) ate because of hunger Profiling based on gender showed an equal number of both male and female stress eaters more male than female joy eaters and eaters due to hunger more female than male unconscious circumstance and susceptible eaters
Conclusions In the context of public health identifying various eating behaviors and profiles of overeating can raise public awareness of such practices The development of a self-report questionnaire can help health providers adequately differentiate various overeating p

• 出版日期2010-12