Development and validation of the Food Noise Questionnaire
Authors' conclusion
The FNQ provides a psychometrically reliable and valid measure of food noise, although further research is needed to evaluate its clinical utility.
Study context
- Population
- Participants completing the Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ), a demographic questionnaire and self-reported weight and height396 analysed
- Participants
- 400 participants
- Outcome
- Reliability and validity of the FNQ
Methodological detailstest-retest reliability, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis
- Test-retest reliability
- Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis
Performance
As reported in the abstract
- Internal consistency reliability (Cronbach α)
- 0.93
- Test-retest reliability (r; p < 0.001)
- 0.79
- Days between administrations, mean [SD]
- 7.4 [1.0]
- Five FNQ items loaded onto a single factor: χ2[5]
- 52.87
- RMSEA
- 0.20
- CFI
- 0.95
- SRMR
- 0.03
- Convergent validity (all r; p < 0.001)
- > 0.78
- Discriminant validity (all r; p < 0.001)
- < 0.39
Original publication
Development and validation of the Food Noise Questionnaire. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 19 January 2025. doi:10.
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