Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2)
Psychology: Health & SleepReliability: alpha 0.873 sample items
About this scale
A 23-item measure of intuitive eating across four subscales: unconditional permission to eat, eating for physical rather than emotional reasons, reliance on hunger/satiety cues, and body-food choice congruence.
Sample item(s)
“I try to avoid certain foods high in fat, carbohydrates, or calories (reverse)”
“I find myself eating when I'm feeling emotional (reverse)”
“I trust my body to tell me when to eat”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.87. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Tylka, T. L., & Kroon Van Diest, A. M. (2013): The Intuitive Eating Scale-2: Item refinement and psychometric evaluation with college women and men. Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 137–153.
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