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.
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 - muscularity-oriented eating
KW - eating disorders
KW - male eating disorders
KW - MOET
KW - Argentina
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114132866&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1158276
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
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Eating Behaviors
JF - Eating Behaviors
M1 - 101542
ER -