Orthorexic eating behaviors are not all pathological: a French validation of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS) - Archive ouverte HAL
Article Dans Une Revue (Data Paper) Journal of Eating Disorders Année : 2023

Orthorexic eating behaviors are not all pathological: a French validation of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS)

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As no French validated measurement tool distinguishing healthy orthorexia (HeOr) from orthorexia nervosa (OrNe) currently exists, this study aimed at examining psychometric properties of the French version of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS). A sample of 799 participants (Mean [SD] age: 28.5 [12.1] years-old) completed the French versions of the TOS, the Düsseldorfer Orthorexia Skala, the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire, and the Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory-Revised. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) were used. Although the bidimensional model, with OrNe and HeOr, of the original 17-item version showed an adequate fit, we suggest excluding items 9 and 15. The bidimensional model for the shortened version provided a satisfactory fit (ESEM model: CFI = .963, TLI = .949, RMSEA = .068). The mean loading was .65 for HeOr and .70 for OrNe. The internal consistency of both dimensions was adequate (α HeOr = .83 and α OrNe = .81). Partial correlations showed that eating disorders and obsessive–compulsive symptomatology measures were positively related to OrNe and unrelated or negatively related to HeOr. The scores from the 15-item French version of the TOS in the current sample appears to present an adequate internal consistency, pattern of associations in line with what was theoretically expected, and promising for differentiating both types of orthorexia in a French population. We discuss why both dimensions of orthorexia should be considered in this area of research.
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hal-04138891 , version 1 (03-09-2024)

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Clotilde Lasson, Amélie Rousseau, Siobhan Vicente, Nelly Goutaudier, Lucia Romo, et al.. Orthorexic eating behaviors are not all pathological: a French validation of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS). Journal of Eating Disorders, 2023, 11 (65), 13 p. ⟨10.1186/s40337-023-00764-5⟩. ⟨hal-04138891⟩
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