User Manual: Inquisit Food Cravings Questionnaire - Trait Reduced (FCQ-T-R)


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									FOOD CRAVINGS QUESTIONNAIRE-TRAIT-reduced (FCQ-T-r)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 04-29-2016
last updated:  06-14-2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 06-14-2023 Millisecond Software

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BACKGROUND INFO 	
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This script implements the Food Cravings Questionnaire Trait -reduced (FCQ-T-r) as described in:

Meule, A., Hermann, T., & Kübler, A. (2014). A short version of the Food Cravings
Questionnaire-Trait the FCQ-T-reduced. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(190), 1–10.

The original FCQ-T was published by:
Cepeda-Benito, A., Gleaves, D. H., Williams, T. L., & Erath, S. A. (2000). The
development and validation of the State and Trait food Cravings Questionnaires.
Behavior Therapy, 31, 151-173.

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OVERVIEW
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15 5-point Likert questions

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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 1.5 minutes to complete

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DATA OUTPUT DICTIONARY
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The fields in the data files are:

(1) Raw data file: 'FCQ_T_r.iqdat'

date, time:						date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber 
subject, group, session:	  	with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build:							the Inquisit build 

q*_response:					response given (in assigned values)
								Scale: 1 (strongly disagree) - 5 (strongly agree)
								no reversed scored questions
									
q*_latency:						how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular 
								question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited)

(2) Summary data file: 'foodcravingsquestionnaire_t_reduced_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

inquisit.version: 					Inquisit version run
computer.platform:					the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
startDate:							date script was run
startTime:							time script was started
subjectId:							assigned subject id number
groupId:							assigned group id number
sessionId:							assigned session id number
elapsedTime:						time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
completed:							0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 
									1 = script was completed (all conditions run)

FCQT-r Total:						Total Score (Min: 15 - Max: 75)
intentionsToConsume:				Having Intentions and Plans to Consume Food (2 questions)
lackOfControl:						Lack of Control Over Eating	(5 questions)		
preoccupation:						Thoughts or Preoccupation With Food (5 question)
emotions:							Emotions That May Be Experienced Before or During Food Cravings or Eating (2 questions)
trigger:							Cues That May Trigger Food Cravings (1 question)

+ individual responses

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INSTRUCTIONS 
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see section Editable Parameters
(instructions are not original)

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EDITABLE CODE 
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check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. 
Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code 
to further customize your experiment.

The parameters you can change are:

/pageInstructions:			instructions that appear at the top