Dietary restraint and disinhibition: is restraint a homogeneous construct?

摘要: The homogeneity of the restraint construct is investigated in a study 54,525 subjects participating weight reduction program. Using German version TFEQ (Stunkard & Messick, 1985, Journal Psychosomatic Research, 29, 71-83; Pudel Westenhoefer 1989a, Fragebogen zum Essverhalten; Handanweisung), it shown that different types relations exist between items measuring dietary and disinhibition scale. A discriminant analysis subgroup moderately highly restrained eaters with either low or high (n = 1759) reveals sets behaviours cognitions differentiate disinhibition. These findings are replicated an independent validation sample 1693). Two subscales constructed, one associated increasing disinhibition, other decreasing It argued should be differentiated when looking at causal link disturbances eating behaviour.