Letter/Communication
Validity of Dietary Restraint Scales: Reply to van Strien et al. (2006)
Psychological assessment, v 18(1)
Mar 2006
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Abstract
In
T. van Strien, R. C. M. E. Engels, W. van Staveren, and C. P. Herman's (2006)
comment, they contested the conclusion that dietary restraint scales are invalid measures of acute dietary restriction (
E. Stice, M. Fisher, & M. R. Lowe, 2004
). The authors respond to their concerns and conclude that researchers should (a) not have to work this hard to find evidence that these scales correlate with dieting restriction, (b) not settle for scales with only weak validity, and (c) use scales that are consistently valid across settings. The authors also discuss new evidence that most weight loss dieters are not achieving the negative energy balance necessary for weight loss, which seems to explain why these scales do not correlate inversely with caloric intake and why those with the highest dietary restraint scores gain more weight over time.
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- Title
- Validity of Dietary Restraint Scales
- Creators
- Eric Stice - Department of Psychology, University of Texas at AustinKatherine Presnell - Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist UniversityMichael R Lowe - Department of Psychology, Drexel UniversityEmily Burton - Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
- Publication Details
- Psychological assessment, v 18(1)
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Resource Type
- Letter/Communication
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000236776100011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33744727333
- Other Identifier
- 991014878747104721
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