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Development and initial validation of the obsessive compulsive eating scale.

Martha A Niemiec¹, James F Boswell¹, Julia M Hormes¹

¹Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA.

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)

|June 15, 2016

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A new scale, the Obsessive Compulsive Eating Scale (OCES), effectively measures obsessive and compulsive food cravings. This tool aids in understanding eating disorders and improving assessment of food craving behaviors.

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Psychology
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Behavioral Science

Background:

Food cravings are linked to eating disorders like binge eating and bulimia nervosa.
Current measures inadequately capture the cognitive aspects of craving, such as intrusive thoughts.
There's a need for better tools to quantify the obsessive-compulsive nature of food cravings.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a psychometrically sound measure for the obsessive-compulsive aspects of food cravings.
Introduce the Obsessive Compulsive Eating Scale (OCES) as a novel assessment tool.

Main Methods:

Developed the 14-item Obsessive Compulsive Eating Scale (OCES), adapted from the Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale.
Administered the OCES to 224 respondents.

Main Results:

Confirmatory factor analysis supported a two-factorial structure for the OCES.
The OCES demonstrated excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.91).
The scale showed good convergent and criterion validity.

Conclusions:

The Obsessive Compulsive Eating Scale (OCES) is a psychometrically sound instrument.
OCES can enhance the assessment of food cravings and their contribution to disordered eating patterns.