Orhorexia nervosa and adaptation of ORTO-11 into Turkish
Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi, cilt.19, sa.3, 2008 (SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2008
- Dergi Adı: Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Eating attitude, Orthorexia nervosa
- Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Objective: Orthorexia pathological fixation about the consumption of healthy food.The present study aimed to reveal the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of ORTO-15, which was developed to evaluate orthorexia, and to investigate the relationship between orthorexia, and eating attitude, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and some demographic variables. Method: The study included 994 participants aged between 19 and 66 years. ORTO-15, the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory, and the Eating Attitude Test-40 were administered to the participants. Results: A 3-factor solution with varimax rotation explained 40.62% of the variance. When 4 items with factor loadings below± 0.50 were eliminated from ORTO-15, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.62. The remaining 11 items were thought to have statistically satisfactory properties for the Turkish version of ORTO and were collectively referred to as ORTO-11. This version was used to investigate the relationship between orthorexia, and eating attitude and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Pathological eating attitude and obsessive-compulsive symptoms were related to orthorexia. Women exhibited more orthorexic symptoms then men. In the present study high a body mass index was an important variable for orthorexia, but only together with gender (female), pathological eating attitude, and increased obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The results, implications, and limitations of the study are discussed. Conclusion: ORTO-11 demonstrated statistically satisfactory properties. Orthorexia was related to pathological eating attitude and obsessive-compulsive symptoms; however, caution should be used when generalizing the reported results.