Journal article
Development of the Modified Highly Processed Food Withdrawal Scale (mProWS)
Appetite, v 198, 107370
21 Apr 2024
PMID: 38653374
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Abstract
The Highly Processed Food Withdrawal Scale (ProWS) is a 29-item measure that operationalizes physical and psychological indicators of withdrawal symptoms associated with cutting down on the consumption of ultra-processed foods. The current study developed a briefer 7-item version of the ProWS (modified ProWS; mProWS) using the participant sample from the ProWS validation paper (n = 231). Then, in an independent sample recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, 244 participants (55.3% females) completed the mProWS, the ProWS, and measures of eating-related constructs in order to evaluate the psychometric properties of the mProWS, relative to the ProWS. The mProWS and the ProWS performed similarly on indexes of reliability, convergent validity with addictive-like eating behavior (e.g., Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 symptom count), discriminant validity with distinct measures (e.g., cognitive desire to restrict food consumption), and incremental validity evidenced by associations with weight cycling above and beyond body mass index (BMI) and YFAS 2.0 symptoms. The mProWS may be an appropriate choice for studies with higher participant burden (e.g., ecological momentary assessment) to assess withdrawal symptoms in real-time when they occur in response to cutting down on ultra-processed foods.
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- Title
- Development of the Modified Highly Processed Food Withdrawal Scale (mProWS)
- Creators
- Shuchen Hu - Columbia UniversityAshley N. Gearhardt - University of Michigan–Ann ArborErica M. LaFata - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Appetite, v 198, 107370
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- WELL Center
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001235000400001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85191147482
- Other Identifier
- 991021872813304721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Behavioral Sciences
- Nutrition & Dietetics