Eating behaviour: modified DEBQ adaptation
33 questions about usual eating behaviour. Three group means are shown without normality categories or diagnosis.
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Do you have a desire to eat when you are irritated?
Consider how often each description usually applies to you. No fixed recent-week recall period is specified; options range from never to very often.
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How it is calculated
Emotional group: items 1–13; external: 14–23; restrained: 24–33. Each mean ranges from 1 to 5; item 17 is scored as 6 minus the answer.
Formula
Emotional group: items 1–13; external: 14–23; restrained: 24–33. Each mean ranges from 1 to 5; item 17 is scored as 6 minus the answer.
Limits of the method
Items have been modified and grouped. This is not a confirmed validated version of the original DEBQ; clinical norms do not apply. Permission to use the original form requires separate confirmation.
Sources of the method
- Van Strien T. et al. The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) for assessment of restrained, emotional, and external eating behavior. Int J Eat Disord, 1986;5(2):295–315
- Wardle J. et al. Eating style: a validation study of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire in normal subjects and women with eating disorders. J Psychosom Res, 1987
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33 questions about usual eating behaviour. Three group means are shown without normality categories or diagnosis. Emotional group: items 1–13; external: 14–23; restrained: 24–33. Each mean ranges from 1 to 5; item 17 is scored as 6 minus the answer.
What limitations apply?
Items have been modified and grouped. This is not a confirmed validated version of the original DEBQ; clinical norms do not apply. Permission to use the original form requires separate confirmation. Consider how often each description usually applies to you. No fixed recent-week recall period is specified; options range from never to very often.
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