Cross-cultural validation of the short version of the Food Disgust Scale in ten countries.
Adult
Aged
Australia
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
China
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Diet
/ ethnology
Disgust
England
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Feeding Behavior
/ ethnology
Feeding and Eating Disorders
/ diagnosis
Female
France
Germany
Humans
Male
Mexico
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
/ standards
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
United States
Young Adult
Cross-cultural research
Digestive complaints
Factor structure
Food disgust sensitivity
Food neophobia
Moral disgust
Pathogen disgust
Risk perception of food-borne diseases
Sexual disgust
Journal
Appetite
ISSN: 1095-8304
Titre abrégé: Appetite
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8006808
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 12 2019
01 12 2019
Historique:
received:
07
06
2019
revised:
20
08
2019
accepted:
23
08
2019
pubmed:
1
9
2019
medline:
26
9
2020
entrez:
1
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The cross-cultural testing of scales represents an important step in the scale validation process. The present study evaluated whether the eight-item short version of the recently developed Food Disgust Scale (FDS-short) is a reliable and valid tool for measuring food disgust sensitivity in ten countries: Australia, China, England, France, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the USA. In an online survey, the participants (N = 6128) answered items from the FDS-short and other scales related to (food) disgust sensitivity so as to test the construct and criterion validity of the FDS-short. Confirmatory factor analysis of the one-factor structure of the FDS-short revealed an adequate to good model fit in all the countries except for China. Multiple group analysis to test measurement invariance showed the FDS-short to be metrically invariant in all the tested countries (except for China) relative to Australia. With regard to the construct validity, significant positive correlations were observed in all the countries between the FDS-short and pathogen disgust sensitivity, sexual disgust sensitivity, moral disgust sensitivity, germ aversion, and food neophobia. Criterion validity of the FDS-short in all the tested countries was confirmed by the positive correlations between it and having a sensitive stomach, experiencing gastrointestinal complaints after eating animal-based foods (except for France and Germany), and the perceived infection risk of food-borne diseases in one's country. The direction of the correlations indicated that for each country, those with higher FDS-short scores also scored higher on all the tested constructs than those with lower FDS-short scores. Taken together, the present results indicate that the FDS-short is a reliable and valid tool for assessing food disgust sensitivity across countries.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31472197
pii: S0195-6663(19)30743-3
doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104420
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
104420Informations de copyright
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