title: Clinical validation of the trait and state versions of the Food Craving Questionnaire.
abstract: This is the first study to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait (FCQ-T), and Food Craving Questionnaire-State (FCQ-S) measures using a clinically heterogeneous sample of eating disorder patients (N = 177) recruited from seven different outpatient eating disorder treatment centers in Spain. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) corroborated the factor structures of the FCQ-T and FCQ-S. The measures' scores and their factor-derived scale-scores yielded internal consistency reliability indexes that ranged from adequate to excellent. The measures were predictive of eating disorder symptoms. As expected, the FCQ-T was more strongly associated with eating disorder psychopathology than the FCQ-S. The results replicated the psychometric properties of the FCQ-T and FCQ-S in eating disorder populations and could become useful tools in clinical and research settings.
authors.affiliation: University of Granada.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Mari Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Jeannine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamez
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cepeda-Benito
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult