On the differentiation between trait and state food craving: Half-year retest-reliability of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait-reduced (FCQ-T-r) and the Food Cravings Questionnaire-State (FCQ-S)

Adrian Meule, Carina Beck Teran, Jasmin Berker, Tilman Gründel, Martina Mayerhofer, Petra Platte, Adrian Meule, Carina Beck Teran, Jasmin Berker, Tilman Gründel, Martina Mayerhofer, Petra Platte

Abstract

Background: Food craving refers to an intense desire to consume a specific food. The Food Cravings Questionnaires (FCQs) assess food cravings on a trait and a state level.

Method: The current study examined half-year retest-reliability of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait-reduced (FCQ-T-r) and the Food Cravings Questionnaire-State (FCQ-S) and reports associations with current food deprivation in female students.

Results: The FCQ-T-r had higher retest-reliability (r tt = .74) than the FCQ-S (r tt = .39). Although trait food craving was correlated with state food craving, it was unaffected by current food deprivation.

Conclusions: Although state and trait food craving are interdependent, the FCQs are able to differentiate between the two. As scores of the FCQ-T-r represent a stable trait, but are also sensitive to changes in eating behavior, they may be useful for the investigation of the course of eating disorders and obesity.

Keywords: Food Cravings Questionnaires; Food craving; Retest-reliability; University students.

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Scatterplot showing the correlation between scores on theFood Cravings Questionnaire-Trait-reduced(FCQ-T-r) between the two measurements (rtt = .74).

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