Students Research Centre of International Campus, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Department of Neuroscience and Addiction Studies, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
East Mediterr Health J. 2022 Jan 31;28(1):41-49. doi: 10.26719/emhj.21.066.
Food craving contributes to the incidence of weight and food-related disorders. Thus, an accurate measurement of food craving is important for clinical and research purposes.
We aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the shortened Farsi version of the Food Craving Questionnaire- Trait (FCQ-T-r), an internationally validated tool.
For this cross-sectional study, data was collected from 153 students of the University of Tehran between February and March 2019 using the Farsi version of FCQ-T-r; Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21); and the Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). Confirmatory factor analysis using SPSS AMOS (version 21) failed to support the one-factor structure of FCQ-T-r in Farsi, so we conducted an exploratory factor analysis to investigate the factor structure of the questionnaire.
Exploratory factor analysis reflected a 3-factor structure responsible 73.3% of the variance factor 1 "preoccupation with food", factor 2 "lack of control over eating" and factor 3 "emotional eating". Internal consistency of the FCQ-T-r was excellent (McDonald's ω = 0.950). The FCQ-T-r scores were correlated with body mass index, DASS-21, and WHOQOL-BREF values, which supports concurrent validity of the tool.
The Farsi version of FCQ-T-r is a reliable and valid self-administrated tool to measure food craving traits among Iranian university students. Given the unstable factor structure of the questionnaire in different studies, further research should be conducted explore the factor structure of the tool.
食物渴望是导致体重和与食物相关障碍的发生的原因。因此，准确测量食物渴望对于临床和研究目的都很重要。
我们旨在评估经过验证的国际工具——食物渴望特质问卷（FCQ-T-r）的波斯语简短版本的心理测量特性。
在这项横断面研究中，于 2019 年 2 月至 3 月期间使用 FCQ-T-r 的波斯语版本、抑郁、焦虑和压力量表（DASS-21）和生活质量问卷（WHOQOL-BREF）从德黑兰大学的 153 名学生中收集数据。使用 SPSS AMOS（版本 21）进行的验证性因子分析未能支持 FCQ-T-r 在波斯语中的单因素结构，因此我们进行了探索性因子分析以研究问卷的结构。
探索性因子分析反映了一个 3 因素结构，负责 73.3%的方差，因子 1“对食物的关注”、因子 2“对饮食的控制不足”和因子 3“情绪性进食”。FCQ-T-r 的内部一致性非常好（McDonald's ω=0.950）。FCQ-T-r 评分与体重指数、DASS-21 和 WHOQOL-BREF 值相关，这支持了该工具的同时效度。
FCQ-T-r 的波斯语版本是一种可靠和有效的自我管理工具，可用于衡量伊朗大学生的食物渴望特质。鉴于问卷在不同研究中的不稳定因素结构，应进一步研究以探索工具的因素结构。
