Considerable proportions of college students in White, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic countries, such as the United States, suffer from eating disorders and other problematic eating behaviors. The prevalence of eating disorders in Western Asia has been historically low but is rapidly increasing. One of the most dramatic increases is occurring in the United Arab Emirates. Advancements in eating disorder research and intervention that would benefit college students in the United Arab Emirates are inhibited by the lack of psychometrically sound measures of eating behaviors and motivations that have been empirically demonstrated to perform well in this population. The present study took initial steps in filling this need by evaluating the measurement and predictive invariance of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-Short Form and The Eating Motivation Survey using college student samples from the United Arab Emirates (n = 366) and United States (n = 317), followed by a series of cross-country comparisons. Results offer important evidence supporting the measurement invariance of both instruments and the predictive invariance of the The Eating Motivation Survey when used to predict scores on the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-Short Form. Although no significant cross-country differences in eating disorder features and behaviors were found, some cross-country differences in eating motivations were observed. Similar eating motivations emerged in both countries as possible protective and risk factors for eating disorders. The implications of these findings for eating disorder assessment and practice are discussed, along with their implications for theory and research on eating motivations, nutritional health, and people's relationships with food. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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测量阿拉伯联合酋长国和美国的饮食行为和动机：评估饮食失调检查问卷-简表和饮食动机调查的测量和预测不变性。


在美国等白人、受过教育、工业化、富裕和民主的国家，相当一部分大学生患有饮食失调和其他有问题的饮食行为。西亚饮食失调的患病率历来较低，但正在迅速增加。最显着的增长之一发生在阿拉伯联合酋长国。由于缺乏对饮食行为和动机的心理测量学测量方法的抑制，这些措施将使阿拉伯联合酋长国的大学生受益，而这些测量方法已被经验证明在该人群中表现良好。本研究通过使用来自阿拉伯联合酋长国 （n = 366） 和美国 （n = 317） 的大学生样本评估饮食失调检查问卷-简表和饮食动机调查的测量和预测不变性，然后进行一系列跨国比较，采取了初步措施来满足这一需求。结果提供了重要证据，支持两种工具的测量不变性以及饮食动机调查在用于预测饮食失调检查问卷-简表分数时的预测不变性。虽然没有发现饮食失调特征和行为的显着跨国差异，但观察到饮食动机的一些跨国差异。这两个国家都出现了类似的饮食动机，作为饮食失调的可能保护和风险因素。 讨论了这些发现对饮食失调评估和实践的影响，以及它们对饮食动机、营养健康和人与食物关系的理论和研究的影响。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。