Psychometric properties of the Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (mYFAS 2.0) in Depressive Disorders

This dataset supported psychometric analyses of the mYFAS 2.0 in a sample of adult individuals with depressive disorders recruited in Fortaleza city, Ceara, Brazil. Participants answered mYFAS 2.0 and scales for binge eating, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and alcohol and nicotine use. Height and weight were measured to calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI). We evaluated the factor structure, reliability, convergent, discriminant, criterion, and incremental validity. The Brazilian mYFAS 2.0 performed satisfactorily in this clinical sample of participants with a depressive disorder. This dataset is a subset of the survey "Food addiction and obesity in depressed patients: prevalence, psychopathological correlates and affective dysregulation". The research was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Walter Cantídio University Hospital from the Federal University of Ceara (Ceara, Brazil) and received a grant from the Programa de Pesquisa para o Sistema Único de Saúde/Fundação Cearense de apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (PPSUS, Research Program for the Unified Health System/FUNCAP, Ceará Research Support Foundation) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).