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FOOD CRAVINGS QUESTIONNAIRE-STATE (FCQ-S)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 05-02-2016
last updated: 01-03-2020 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 01-03-2020 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements the Food Cravings Questionnaire State (FCQ-S) as described in:
Cepeda-Benito, A., Gleaves, D. H., Williams, T. L., & Erath, S. A. (2000). The
development and validation of the State and Trait food Cravings Questionnaires.
Behavior Therapy, 31, 151-173.
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OVERVIEW
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15 5-point Likert questions
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 1.5 minutes to complete
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DATA FILE INFORMATION
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The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'FCQ_S.iqdat'
date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber
subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build: the Inquisit build
q*_response: response given (in assigned values)
Scale: 1 (strongly disagree) - 5 (strongly agree)
no reversed scored questions
q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)
(2) Summary data file: 'FCQ_S_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: assigned subject id number
script.groupid: assigned group id number
script.sessionid: assigned session id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
script.completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
expressions.FCQ_S_Total: Total Score (Min: 15 - Max: 75)
expressions.Desire: An Intense Desire to Eat (Points: 3-15)
expressions.Anticipation: Anticipation of Positive Reinforcement That May Result From Eating (points: 3 - 15)
expressions.Relief: Anticipation of Relief From Negative States and Feelings as a Result of Eating (points: 3-15)
expressions.LackOfControl: Lack of Control Over Eating (points: 3 - 15)
expressions.Hunger: Craving as a Physiological State (i.e., Hunger) (points: 3 - 15)
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INSTRUCTIONS
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see section Editable Parameters
(instructions are not original)
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EDITABLE CODE
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check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc.
Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code
to further customize your experiment.
The parameters you can change are:
/pageinstructions: instructions that appear at the top
/targetFoods: the target food(s) can be changed here (default: [one or more specific foods])