Greek Validation of Emotional Eating Scale for Children and Adolescents

Despina S Kalogiratou; Flora Bacopoulou; Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein; Dimitrios Vlachakis; Orsalia Gerakini; George P Chrousos; Christina Darviri

Greek Validation of Emotional Eating Scale for Children and Adolescents

J Mol Biochem. 2019;8(1):26-32.

Authors

Despina S Kalogiratou¹, Flora Bacopoulou², Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein^{1

2}, Dimitrios Vlachakis³, Orsalia Gerakini¹, George P Chrousos^{1

2}, Christina Darviri¹

Affiliations

¹ Postgraduate Course Stress Management and Health Promotion, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 4 Soranou Ephessiou Str., 11527, Athens, Greece.
² First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1 Thivon Str., 11527, Athens, Greece.
³ Genetics and Computational Biology Group, Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 31404306
PMCID: PMC6688756

Abstract

Aim: In this study, we focused on the Greek validation of the Emotional Eating Scale for Children and Adolescents (EES-C).

Methods: Our sample consisted of 150 students in primary and secondary school settings from two different areas of Greece. Child Depression Inventory (CDI) and State and Trait Anxiety in Children (STAIC) were also used for validation purposes.

Results: The principal component factor analysis for construct validity generated three subscales: eating in response to anger/anxiety, feeling unsettled and de-pression. The EES-C tool was found with high internal reliability (Cronbach's Alpha 0.917).

Conclusions: EES-C is a valid and reliable instrument to detect the emotional eating in children and adolescents in Greece.

Grants and funding

Z01 HD000618-25/Intramural NIH HHS/United States