title: Relationships between the Food Expectancy Questionnaire (FEQ) and the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ).
abstract: The outcome expectancies of 250 respondents were examined using the Food Expectancy Questionnaire (FEQ), comparing expectancies about four different foods: fruit, vegetables, chocolate and sweets and plain biscuits. These expectancies were related to diet as assessed by a Food Frequency Questionnaire. As with alcohol expectancies [Jones, B. T., Corbin, W. & Fromme, K. (2001). A review of expectancy theory and alcohol consumption. Addiction, 96, 57-72], on which this research was modelled, positive and negative outcomes were the main factors for all foods, accounting jointly for between 33 and 40% of expectancy variance in factor analysis and predicting as much as 16% of the variance in relevant food intake measures by linear regression. Expected positive and negative outcomes of eating were predominantly immediate psychological after-effects, rather than including orosensory experiences, or longer-term effects on health or well-being. Other expectancies varied from food to food. FEQ expectancies for different foods have similar factor structure and were related to self-reported diet, the FEQ therefore shows promise as a means of modelling cognitions about eating.
authors.affiliation: School of Human and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, Roehampton, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, UK. m.reid@roehampton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bunting
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hammersley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D003071:Cognition; D004032:Diet; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires