TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and validation of a multicultural Spanish-language version of the Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test (MOET) in Argentina
AU - Compte, Emilio J.
AU - Nagata, Jason M.
AU - Sepúlveda, Ana R.
AU - Silva, B. Camila
AU - Cortes, Camila
AU - Bidacovich, German
AU - Brown, Tiffany A.
AU - Blashill, Aaron J.
AU - Lavender, Jason M.
AU - Mitchison, Deborah
AU - Mond, Jonathan M.
AU - Castillo, Irais
AU - López, Pablo L.
AU - Muiños, Roberto
AU - Rutsztein, Guillermina
AU - Torrente, Fernando
AU - Murray, Stuart B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Emilio J. Compte holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco from the Fulbright Commission and the Argentine Ministry of Education. Dr. Jason M. Nagata is a Fellow in the Pediatric Scientist Development Program (NIH K12HD000850-33), with funding from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Pediatric Society (APS). Dr. Deborah Mitchison is supported by the National Medical and Health Research Council (GNT 1158276). Dr. Stuart B. Murray is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health ( K23 MH115184 ). All data and analytic scripts are openly available and can be accessed at https://osf.io/aqv5b/?view_only=2ce78020731641e49b58600014285a9c
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - The utility of traditional eating disorder measures in the assessment of muscularity-oriented disordered eating has been questioned. To address this limitation, the Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test (MOET) was recently developed and validated in a sample of U.S. college men. We aimed to develop a multicultural Spanish-language version of the MOET for use in Latin American samples and validate its use in a sample of Argentinian college men. Combined translation procedures were used to develop a version suitable for different Spanish-speaking populations. A total of 235 students (Mage = 23.47, SD = 5.61) participated in this study by completing a survey including the MOET. A sub-sample (n = 121) completed the MOET again after 1 week. A confirmatory factor analysis of a re-specified model of the original single-factor MOET, allowing for residual correlation between items associated to dietary rules (items 4-12), resulted in an adequate fit (χ2/df = 2.10, CFI = 0.94, TLI = 0.93, RMSEA 0.05 [90% CI = 0.04, 0.06] SRMR = 0.08). Further, the multicultural Spanish-language version of the MOET yielded evidence of internal consistency (omega = 0.83, 95% CI [0.79, 0.88], Cronbach's α = 0.83), a 1-week Intraclass Correlation Coefficient was considered for test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.82), item analysis, convergent validity with measures of eating disorder psychopathology, body dissatisfaction and weight-related behaviors, as well as for divergent validity with an unrelated construct. The availability of a multicultural Spanish-language version of the MOET may have utility in both clinical and research efforts related to muscularity-oriented disordered eating among Latino men.
AB - The utility of traditional eating disorder measures in the assessment of muscularity-oriented disordered eating has been questioned. To address this limitation, the Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test (MOET) was recently developed and validated in a sample of U.S. college men. We aimed to develop a multicultural Spanish-language version of the MOET for use in Latin American samples and validate its use in a sample of Argentinian college men. Combined translation procedures were used to develop a version suitable for different Spanish-speaking populations. A total of 235 students (Mage = 23.47, SD = 5.61) participated in this study by completing a survey including the MOET. A sub-sample (n = 121) completed the MOET again after 1 week. A confirmatory factor analysis of a re-specified model of the original single-factor MOET, allowing for residual correlation between items associated to dietary rules (items 4-12), resulted in an adequate fit (χ2/df = 2.10, CFI = 0.94, TLI = 0.93, RMSEA 0.05 [90% CI = 0.04, 0.06] SRMR = 0.08). Further, the multicultural Spanish-language version of the MOET yielded evidence of internal consistency (omega = 0.83, 95% CI [0.79, 0.88], Cronbach's α = 0.83), a 1-week Intraclass Correlation Coefficient was considered for test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.82), item analysis, convergent validity with measures of eating disorder psychopathology, body dissatisfaction and weight-related behaviors, as well as for divergent validity with an unrelated construct. The availability of a multicultural Spanish-language version of the MOET may have utility in both clinical and research efforts related to muscularity-oriented disordered eating among Latino men.
KW - Argentina
KW - Eating disorders
KW - Male eating disorders
KW - MOET
KW - Muscularity-oriented eating
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114132866&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101542
DO - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101542
M3 - Article
C2 - 34492593
AN - SCOPUS:85114132866
SN - 1471-0153
VL - 43
JO - Eating Behaviors
JF - Eating Behaviors
M1 - 101542
ER -