Relationships between the Food Expectancy Questionnaire (FEQ) and the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ)

Reid, Marie; Bunting, Jane; Hammersley, Richard

Abstract

The outcome expectancies of 250 respondents were examined using the Food Expectancy Questionnaire (FEQ), comparing expectancies about four different foods: fruit, vegetables, chocolate and sweets and plain biscuits. These expectancies were related to diet as assessed by a Food Frequency Questionnaire. As with alcohol expectancies [Jones, B. T., Corbin, W. & Fromme, K. (2001). A review of expectancy theory and alcohol consumption. Addiction, 96, 57-72], on which this research was modelled, positive and negative outcomes were the main factors for all foods, accounting jointly for between 33 and 40% of expectancy variance in factor analysis and predicting as much as 16% of the variance in relevant food intake measures by linear regression. Expected positive and negative outcomes of eating were predominantly immediate psychological after-effects, rather than including orosensory experiences, or longer-term effects on health or well-being. Other expectancies varied from food to food. FEQ expectancies for different foods have similar factor structure and were related to self-reported diet, the FEQ therefore shows promise as a means of modelling cognitions about eating.

Citation

Reid, M., Bunting, J., & Hammersley, R. (2005). Relationships between the Food Expectancy Questionnaire (FEQ) and the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). Appetite, 45(2), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2005.03.012

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 23, 2005
• Online Publication Date: Jun 9, 2005
• Publication Date: 2005-10
• Deposit Date: Dec 5, 2020
• Journal: Appetite
• Print ISSN: 0195-6663
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 127-136
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2005.03.012
• Keywords: Food outcome expectancies; Food Frequency Questionnaire; Food attitudes and behaviour; Psychology of eating; Eating cognitions
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3621318
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195666305000395?via%3Dihub