Department of Psychology, Wagner College, 1 Campus Rd., Staten Island, NY 10301, USA.
Appetite. 2010 Apr;54(2):314-9. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.12.004. Epub 2009 Dec 11.
The Emotional Appetite Questionnaire (EMAQ) comprises ratings of tendency to eat in response to both positive and negative, emotions and situations. To assess construct validity, the responses of 232 male and female participants to the EMAQ subscales were correlated with the subscales of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), which has been extensively validated. In addition, the EMAQ scores were correlated with BMI. Convergent validity was demonstrated by a significant positive correlation between the negative emotions and situations scores of the EMAQ and the emotional eating subscale score of the DEBQ (DEBQ-E). Moreover, discriminant validity was demonstrated by low correlations of EMAQ positive emotions and situations scores with the DEBQ-E score. For the study sample, the EMAQ negative scores were significantly positively correlated with BMI, and the EMAQ positive scores were significantly inversely correlated with BMI. As BMI increased so did reported negative emotional and situational eating whereas as BMI decreased, reported positive emotional and situational eating increased. Although causality cannot be inferred from correlations, eating more under negative emotions may contribute to being overweight whereas eating less may contribute to being underweight. The EMAQ was shown to have construct validity, and emotional eating was significantly correlated with BMI.
情感食欲问卷（EMAQ）包括对积极和消极情绪以及情境的进食倾向的评分。为了评估结构效度，232 名男性和女性参与者对 EMAQ 分量表的反应与荷兰饮食行为问卷（DEBQ）的分量表相关联，该问卷已经得到了广泛验证。此外，还将 EMAQ 评分与 BMI 相关联。EMAQ 的负性情绪和情境评分与 DEBQ 的情绪性进食分量表评分之间存在显著正相关，这表明了其具有收敛效度（DEBQ-E）。此外，EMAQ 的正性情绪和情境评分与 DEBQ-E 评分之间的低相关性表明了其具有判别效度。对于研究样本，EMAQ 的负性评分与 BMI 呈显著正相关，而 EMAQ 的正性评分与 BMI 呈显著负相关。随着 BMI 的增加，报告的负性情绪和情境性进食增加，而 BMI 降低时，报告的正性情绪和情境性进食增加。虽然不能从相关性中推断出因果关系，但在消极情绪下进食更多可能会导致超重，而进食较少可能会导致体重过轻。EMAQ 具有结构效度，并且情绪性进食与 BMI 显著相关。
