Food Cravings Questionnaire - Trait - FCQ-T

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 29, 2016

Last Modified: January 14, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the Food Cravings Questionnaire Trait (FCQ-T) as described in:

References

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.

Duration

3.5 minutes

Overview

39 6-point Likert questions

Instructions

see section Editable Parameters
(instructions are not original)

Summary Data

File Name: foodcravingsquestionnaire_t_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
fcqtTotal Total Score (Min: 39 - Max: 234)
Subscales
intentionsToConsume Having Intentions and Plans to Consume Food (3 questions)
anticipation Anticipation of Positive Reinforcement That May Result From Eating (5 questions)
relief Anticipation of Relief From Negative States and Feelings as a Result of Eating (3 questions)
lackOfControl Lack of Control Over Eating (6 questions)
preoccupation Thoughts or Preoccupation With Food (7 question)
hunger Craving as a Physiological State (4 questions)
emotions Emotions That May Be Experienced Before or During Food Cravings or Eating (4 questions)
trigger Cues That May Trigger Food Cravings (4 questions)
guilt Guilt From Cravings and/or for Giving Into Them (3 questions)
+ individual responses

Raw Data

File Name: FCQ_T.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build Inquisit version number
q*.response Response given (in assigned values)
Scale: 1 (never) - 6 (always)
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)

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.

NameDescriptionDefault
pageInstructions Instructions that appear at the top