The validation of the Barcelona Orthorexia Scale-Spanish version: evidence from the general population.

Purpose: To validate the Spanish version of Barcelona Orthorexia Scale (BOS) in general population, analyzing its items and both its internal structure and psychometric properties (internal consistency and temporal stability). In addition, the relationship between ON and external measures of attitudes towards food was assessed.

Method: The general population sample consisted of 446 women and 104 men, aged between 18.

The Barcelona Orthorexia Scale (BOS): development process using the Delphi method.

Purpose: Orthorexia nervosa is a currently investigated eating disorder proposed by US physician Steve Bratman, defined as pathological fixation on eating healthy food. This study aimed to develop, by consensus of experts, the basic items for a new questionnaire to evaluate some defining psychological features of orthorexia nervosa in English and Spanish language, the so-called Barcelona Orthorexia Scale (BOS).

Methods: The initial item pool was composed of 105 items divided into six different content areas.

The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and personality in a sample of healthy subjects.

Thyroid hormones influence various brain pathologies, including psychiatric disorders. However, the relationship between these hormones and the psychological state in the normal, non-clinical population is poorly understood. We aimed to test whether serum levels of thyroid hormones are associated with personality in the healthy population.

Dimensionality of three versions of the Eating Disorder Inventory in adolescent girls.

Objectives: To analyze the dimensionality of three versions of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) in adolescent girls.

Method: The sample comprised 738 participants. The Spanish adaptation of the EDI-2 was used.

Coping style and disturbed eating attitudes in adolescent girls.

Objective: The main goal of this work was to explore the relationship between coping styles and predisposition to eating disorders in a sample of adolescent girls.

Method: The sample comprised 186 females (mean age 15.91 years) and the questionnaires used were the Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI-2) and the Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS).