Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas Santa Clara, Cuba.
Front Psychol. 2014 Mar 18;5:214. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00214. eCollection 2014.
Food cravings refer to an intense desire to eat specific foods. The Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait (FCQ-T) is the most commonly used instrument to assess food cravings as a multidimensional construct. Its 39 items have an underlying nine-factor structure for both the original English and Spanish version; but subsequent studies yielded fewer factors. As a result, a 15-item version of the FCQ-T with one-factor structure has been proposed (FCQ-T-reduced; see this Research Topic). The current study aimed to explore the factor structure of the Spanish version for both the FCQ-T and FCQ-T-reduced in a sample of 1241 Cuban adults. Results showed a four-factor structure for the FCQ-T, which explained 55% of the variance. Factors were highly correlated. Using the items of the FCQ-T-reduced only showed a one-factor structure, which explained 52% of the variance. Both versions of the FCQ-T were positively correlated with body mass index (BMI), scores on the Food Thoughts Suppression Inventory and weight cycling. In addition, women had higher scores than men and restrained eaters had higher scores than unrestrained eaters. To summarize, results showed that (1) the FCQ-T factor structure was significantly reduced in Cuban adults and (2) the FCQ-T-reduced may represent a good alternative to efficiently assess food craving on a trait level.
食物 cravings 是指对特定食物的强烈渴望。食物 cravings 问卷特质版（FCQ-T）是评估 cravings 作为多维结构的最常用工具。它的 39 个项目具有原始英语和西班牙语版本的潜在九因素结构；但随后的研究得出了较少的因素。因此，提出了一种具有单因素结构的 15 项 FCQ-T 版本（FCQ-T 简化版；见本研究专题）。本研究旨在探索 1241 名古巴成年人样本中 FCQ-T 和 FCQ-T 简化版的西班牙语版本的因素结构。结果表明，FCQ-T 具有四因素结构，解释了 55%的方差。各因素高度相关。仅使用 FCQ-T 简化版的项目显示出单因素结构，解释了 52%的方差。FCQ-T 的两个版本都与体重指数（BMI）、食物思维抑制量表的得分和体重循环呈正相关。此外，女性的得分高于男性，而克制型进食者的得分高于非克制型进食者。总之，结果表明：（1）FCQ-T 的因素结构在古巴成年人中显著减少；（2）FCQ-T 简化版可能是在特质水平上有效评估 cravings 的良好替代方法。
