Psychometric properties of the nine-item avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder screen (NIAS) in Turkish children

Öğütlü, Hakan; Kaşak, Meryem; Doğan, Uğur; Zickgraf, Hana F.; Türkçapar, Mehmet Hakan

doi:10.1186/s40337-024-00987-0

Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 5 Convergent and divergent validity of the NIAS

From: Psychometric properties of the nine-item avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder screen (NIAS) in Turkish children

Scales	NIAS	Pearson's r	p	Pearson's r(Controlling for EDE-QS)	p
EDE-QS	Picky_Eating	0.04	0.389	–	–
	Appetite	− 0.11*	0.028	–	–
	Fear	0.25***	< 0.001	–	–
BMI Percantil	Picky_Eating	− 0.07	0.160	− 0.08	0.105
	Appetite	− 0.26***	< 0.001	− 0.24***	< 0.001
	Fear	− 0.03	0.477	− 0.09	0.062
CEBQ
Food responsiveness	Picky_Eating	− 0.05	0.316	− 0.07	0.169
	Appetite	− 0.38***	< 0.001	− 0.37***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.05	0.303	− 0.02	0.731
Emotional overeating	Picky_Eating	− 0.02	0.747	− 0.04	0.444
	Appetite	− 0.29***	< 0.001	− 0.27***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.12**	0.003	0.09	0.064
Enjoyment of food	Picky_Eating	− 0.37***	< 0.001	− 0.38***	< 0.001
	Appetite	− 0.65***	< 0.001	− 0.65***	< 0.001
	Fear	− 0.11*	0.032	− 0.14**	0.004
Desire to drink	Picky_Eating	0.11*	0.023	0.11*	0.031
	Appetite	− 0.01	0.825	0.01	0.943
	Fear	0.11*	0.025	0.08	0.092
Satiety responsiveness	Picky_Eating	0.53***	< 0.001	0.53***	< 0.001
	Appetite	0.53***	< 0.001	0.53***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.10**	0.004	0.17***	< 0.001
Slowness in eating	Picky_Eating	0.29***	< 0.001	0.29***	< 0.001
	Appetite	0.47***	< 0.001	0.47***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.12**	0.004	0.18***	< 0.001
Emotional undereating	Picky_Eating	0.19***	< 0.001	0.18***	< 0.001
	Appetite	0.17***	< 0.001	0.19***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.13**	0.007	0.10*	0.036
Food fussiness	Picky_Eating	0.48***	< 0.001	0.49***	< 0.001
	Appetite	0.19*	0.028	0.29***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.01	0.821	0.14**	0.004
RCADS
SAD	Picky_Eating	0.17***	< 0.001	0.17**	0.001
	Appetite	0.18***	< 0.001	0.19***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.16**	0.003	0.13*	0.010
GAD	Picky_Eating	0.08	0.109	0.06	0.219
	Appetite	0.10	0.060	0.11	0.055
	Fear	0.22***	< 0.001	0.14**	0.009
MDD	Picky_Eating	0.22***	< 0.001	0.22***	< 0.001
	Appetite	0.23***	< 0.001	0.30***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.33***	< 0.001	0.25***	< 0.001
PD	Picky_Eating	0.04	0.489	0.01	0.851
	Appetite	0.14**	0.009	0.19***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.31***	< 0.001	0.23***	< 0.001
SPAD	Picky_Eating	0.11*	0.036	0.09	0.079
	Appetite	0.09	0.085	0.13*	0.010
	Fear	0.23***	< 0.001	0.15**	0.005
OCD	Picky_Eating	0.31***	< 0.001	0.25***	< 0.001
	Appetite	0.10	0.066	0.14*	0.055
	Fear	0.07	0.178	0.05	0.338
Depression	Picky_Eating	0.22***	< 0.001	0.22***	< 0.001
	Appetite	0.23***	< 0.001	0.30***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.33***	< 0.001	0.25***	< 0.001
Anxiety Total	Picky_Eating	0.12*	0.021	0.10*	0.048
	Appetite	0.15**	0.005	0.20***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.29***	< 0.001	0.21***	< 0.001
Total	Picky_Eating	0.15**	0.004	0.14**	0.009
	Appetite	0.17***	< 0.001	0.23***	< 0.001
	Fear	0.31***	< 0.001	0.23***	< 0.001

NIAS Nine Item Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Screen, EDE-QS Eating Disorder Examination- Questionnaire Short, BMI Body Mass Index, CEBQ Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire, RCADS Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale, SAD Social Anxiety Disorder, GAD Generalized Anxiety Disorder, MDD Major Depressive Disorder, PD Panic Disorder, SPAD Seperation Anxiety Disorder, OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Total Total Anxiety&Depression
^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001

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