Reliability and predictive validity of the Food Technology Neophobia Scale.
The recently developed Food Technology Neophobia Scale (FTNS) was further tested to assess scale reliability. On 2 occasions, 131 consumers responded to the FTNS, technologies descriptions and 'willingness to try' food technologies for 7 products. In the second session, they were offered foods to taste. 'Information seeking' was measured as a potential confounder of stability. The intra-class correlation was 0.86 and there was no difference between the FTNS scores (p>0.05). Correlations with 'willingness to try' novel technologies were -0.39 to -0.58. The FTNS is confirmed as a reliable and predictive measure of responses to novel food technologies.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D005524:Food Technology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013649:Taste; D055815:Young Adult