Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of The Eating Motivations Scale (EATMOT)

Emre Bayraktaroğlu; Fatmanur Özyürek Arpa; Merve Pehlivan; Guiné, Raquel

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Emre Bayraktaroğlu

Fatmanur Özyürek Arpa

Merve Pehlivan

Guiné, Raquel

Abstract(s)

This study aims to adapt “The Eating Motivations Scale (EATMOT)” scale into Turkish and conduct a validity and reliability study of the scale for the Turkish population. Approval was received from the developer of the EATMOT scale to conduct this study. The scale was first translated into Turkish from English by five experts in their fields and one professional trans - lator fluent in both languages. The scale was then administered to 940 participants whose native language was Turkish and whose ages ranged from 18 to 65. Translation, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis were applied to evaluate the scale’s validity. In evaluating its reliability, inter-item correlations, the first 27%-last 27% discrimination, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were assessed in total-item correlations. Factor analysis showed that item scores were higher than 0.70. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the scale was calculated as 0.82, indicating that the scale is reliable. Cron - bach’s alpha internal consistency coefficients of the subgroups in the scale were found to be varying in the range of 0.6–0.9. It was concluded that the Turkish version of the EATMOT questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool that can be used in field studies to examine the motivations that affect people’s food choices and eating behaviors.