中華心理衛生協會

 Purpose: In Taiwan, overweight and obesity are linked to increased risk of disease and poor prognosis. Eating behavior plays an important role in weight management, and food cravings can lead to unhealthy behavior. The purpose of the present study is to revise the Chinese version of the Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait (FCQ-T) and to examine its reliability and validity for application in future research and clinical practice. Methods: We recruited 361 and 245 participants for 2 studies. They filled out the web-based questionnaires or paper questionnaires, including the FCQ-T, Self-Efficacy Scale for Health-Related Diet and Exercise Behaviors (SES), Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ), and Grazing Questionnaire (GQ). Study 1 entailed item analysis and exploratory factor analysis. Study 2 entailed confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability and criterion-related validity testing. Results: The FCQ-T included 23 items with 4 subscales: emotional craving, uncontrolled craving and guilt, cue-induced craving and positive anticipation, and cognitive craving. The measure accounted for 65.05% of the variance. The internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient) of the FCQ-T was .95. A negative correlation was found between FCQ-T and the SES; the positive correlations were found between FCQ-T and EEQ, GQ, weight, and body mass index. Conclusions: The Chinese version of FCQ-T has good psychometric properties for research and clinical practice in Taiwan.