Clinical validation of the trait and state versions of the Food Craving Questionnaire

Assessment. 2008 Sep;15(3):375-87. doi: 10.1177/1073191107312651. Epub 2008 Feb 29.

Abstract

This is the first study to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait (FCQ-T), and Food Craving Questionnaire-State (FCQ-S) measures using a clinically heterogeneous sample of eating disorder patients (N = 177) recruited from seven different outpatient eating disorder treatment centers in Spain. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) corroborated the factor structures of the FCQ-T and FCQ-S. The measures' scores and their factor-derived scale-scores yielded internal consistency reliability indexes that ranged from adequate to excellent. The measures were predictive of eating disorder symptoms. As expected, the FCQ-T was more strongly associated with eating disorder psychopathology than the FCQ-S. The results replicated the psychometric properties of the FCQ-T and FCQ-S in eating disorder populations and could become useful tools in clinical and research settings.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Feeding Behavior / psychology*
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders / psychology
  • Female
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychometrics*
  • Regression Analysis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Young Adult