2.1.3. The Food Craving Questionnaire—Trait (FCQT)

The FCQT is a 39-item self-report questionnaire that assesses various manifestations of cravings across time and situations (Cepeda-Benito et al., 2000). The FCQT assesses nine subdomains of cravings, with two subscales assessing the relationship between eating and negative affect: (1) Anticipation of Relief from Negative States and Feelings as a Result of Eating subscale (FCQT-NEGR) and (2) the Emotions That May be Experienced Before or During Food Cravings or Eating subscale (FCQT-EMOTION). Higher scores on the FCQT indicate higher reported cravings, and higher scores on these two subscales indicate greater emotional eating (Cepeda-Benito et al., 2000). Both subscales demonstrated strong internal consistency (FCQT-NEGR: α = 0.85, H = 0.69 [see Statistical Analysis]; FCQT-EMOTION: α = 0.94, H = 0.82). The FCQT-NEGR and ECQT-EMOTION subscales were used to assess convergent validity with emerging EAH-A domains.