Creation and validation of the 8-Item Brief Emotional Eating Scale (BEES-8, version 1.0) in youth and adults
David Javier-Aliaga, Dámaris Quinteros-Zúñiga · 2026
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David Javier-Aliaga and Dámaris Quinteros-Zúñiga build in 2026 a short questionnaire that measures emotional eating through the lens of eight basic emotions. Existing scales assess the habit globally; none, they argue, organizes it emotion by emotion, even though eating to cope is tied to overweight and obesity. Their Brief Emotional Eating Scale, BEES-8, was tested in 481 Peruvian youth and adults from metropolitan Lima, averaging about thirty-two years old, alongside a standard two-question anxiety screen.
Statistical modeling supported the scale's structure, with fit indices comfortably in the good range, including a comparative fit index of 0.976. Scores correlated positively and significantly with anxiety, at 0.449, matching the expectation that emotional eating and anxious distress travel together. Overall reliability was strong, with an omega coefficient of 0.919. The authors offer the eight-item tool for research on eating behavior, emotional regulation, and weight, pending wider validation.
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| CREATOR | David Javier-Aliaga, Dámaris Quinteros-Zúñiga |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45870 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |