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Exploring the factor structure of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait in Cuban adults
Food cravings refer to an intense desire to eat specific foods. The Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait (FCQ-T) is the most commonly used instrument to assess food cravings as a multidimensional construct. Its 39 items have an underlying nine-factor structure for both the original English and Spanish...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3957366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24672503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00214 |
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author | Rodríguez-Martín, Boris C. Molerio-Pérez, Osana |
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description | Food cravings refer to an intense desire to eat specific foods. The Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait (FCQ-T) is the most commonly used instrument to assess food cravings as a multidimensional construct. Its 39 items have an underlying nine-factor structure for both the original English and Spanish version; but subsequent studies yielded fewer factors. As a result, a 15-item version of the FCQ-T with one-factor structure has been proposed (FCQ-T-reduced; see this Research Topic). The current study aimed to explore the factor structure of the Spanish version for both the FCQ-T and FCQ-T-reduced in a sample of 1241 Cuban adults. Results showed a four-factor structure for the FCQ-T, which explained 55% of the variance. Factors were highly correlated. Using the items of the FCQ-T-reduced only showed a one-factor structure, which explained 52% of the variance. Both versions of the FCQ-T were positively correlated with body mass index (BMI), scores on the Food Thoughts Suppression Inventory and weight cycling. In addition, women had higher scores than men and restrained eaters had higher scores than unrestrained eaters. To summarize, results showed that (1) the FCQ-T factor structure was significantly reduced in Cuban adults and (2) the FCQ-T-reduced may represent a good alternative to efficiently assess food craving on a trait level. |
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spelling | pubmed-39573662014-03-26 Exploring the factor structure of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait in Cuban adults Rodríguez-Martín, Boris C. Molerio-Pérez, Osana Front Psychol Psychology Food cravings refer to an intense desire to eat specific foods. The Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait (FCQ-T) is the most commonly used instrument to assess food cravings as a multidimensional construct. Its 39 items have an underlying nine-factor structure for both the original English and Spanish version; but subsequent studies yielded fewer factors. As a result, a 15-item version of the FCQ-T with one-factor structure has been proposed (FCQ-T-reduced; see this Research Topic). The current study aimed to explore the factor structure of the Spanish version for both the FCQ-T and FCQ-T-reduced in a sample of 1241 Cuban adults. Results showed a four-factor structure for the FCQ-T, which explained 55% of the variance. Factors were highly correlated. Using the items of the FCQ-T-reduced only showed a one-factor structure, which explained 52% of the variance. Both versions of the FCQ-T were positively correlated with body mass index (BMI), scores on the Food Thoughts Suppression Inventory and weight cycling. In addition, women had higher scores than men and restrained eaters had higher scores than unrestrained eaters. To summarize, results showed that (1) the FCQ-T factor structure was significantly reduced in Cuban adults and (2) the FCQ-T-reduced may represent a good alternative to efficiently assess food craving on a trait level. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3957366/ /pubmed/24672503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00214 Text en Copyright © 2014 Rodríguez-Martín and Molerio-Pérez. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Rodríguez-Martín, Boris C. Molerio-Pérez, Osana Exploring the factor structure of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait in Cuban adults |
title | Exploring the factor structure of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait in Cuban adults |
title_full | Exploring the factor structure of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait in Cuban adults |
title_fullStr | Exploring the factor structure of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait in Cuban adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the factor structure of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait in Cuban adults |
title_short | Exploring the factor structure of the Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait in Cuban adults |
title_sort | exploring the factor structure of the food cravings questionnaire-trait in cuban adults |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3957366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24672503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00214 |
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