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The eating motivations scale (EATMOT): Development and validation by means of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM)

2020; De Gruyter Open; Volume: 60; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2478/sjph-2021-0002

ISSN

1854-2476

Autores

Raquel P. F. Guiné, João Duarte, Ana Cristina Ferrão, Manuela Ferreira, Paula Correia, Ana Paula Cardoso, Elena Bartkienė, Viktória Szűcs, Levente Nemes, Marija Ljubičić, Maša Černelić-Bizjak, Kathy K. Isoldi, Ayman El Kenawy, Vanessa Alves Ferreira, Evita Straumīte, Małgorzata Korzeniowska, Elena Vittadini, Marcela Leal, Lucía Frez‐Muñoz, Μαρία Παπαγεωργίου, Ilija Đjekić,

Tópico(s)

Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling

Resumo

Abstract Introduction The objective was to develop and validate an instrument that measures different determinants of people’s food choices and simultaneously accounts for a variety of factors: health, emotions, price and availability, society and culture, environment and politics, and marketing and advertising. Methods This is a cross-sectional study focusing on food choice determinants. It was carried out in 16 countries in 2017 and 2018. This study included 11,960 volunteer adult participants from different countries. The data was validated using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Results Validation using CFA with SEM revealed that multi-factor modelling produced first- and second-order models that could be used to define the EATMOT scale, the first presenting better fitting indices, with the goodness-of-fit and comparative-fit indices very close to 1, as well as root-mean-square-error-of-approximation, root-mean-square-residual and standardised-root-mean-square-residual at practically zero. Conclusion The validated EATMOT scale guarantees confidence in the information obtained through this instrument, and can be used in future studies to better understand food choice determinants in different geographical areas and help plan strategies to improve healthy eating patterns and diminish the burden of non-communicable diseases.

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