Does repeated testing improve the validity of self-reported emotional eating through a process of meaning making?
Source
International Journal of Obesity and Nutritional Science, 1, 1, (2019), pp. 11-21Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Journal title
International Journal of Obesity and Nutritional Science
Volume
vol. 1
Issue
iss. 1
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 11
Page end
p. 21
Subject
Experimental Psychopathology and TreatmentAbstract
In two experimental studies in women, we investigated whether repeated testing improved the predictive validity of self-reported emotional eating (EE) for distress-induced food intake. We also tested whether there is support for a process of meaning making where pre-test and re-test EE are indirectly related through a serial causal chain of alexithymia and poor introspective awareness (IA). In study 1 (n=80), self-reported alexithymia and IA were measured before retesting EE. In study 2 (n=128), alexithymia and IA were measured after re-testing EE. In support of a process of meaning making, in both studies there was a significant serial chain of pre-test EE to re-test EE through alexithymia and IA. Further, re-test EE predicted somewhat more variance in distress-induced food intake than pre-test EE, though the difference was not significant. In conclusion, repeated testing may help respondents get a better understanding of a measure, thereby improving the validity of that measure.
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