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


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									FOOD CRAVINGS QUESTIONNAIRE-TRAIT (FCQ-T)
									(Spanish Version)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 04-29-2016
last updated:  11-28-2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 11-28-2023 Millisecond Software

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

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.

Cepeda-Benito, A., Gleaves, D. H., Fernández, M. C., Vila, J., Williams, T. L., & Reynoso, J. (2000). 
The development and validation of Spanish versions of the State and Trait Food Cravings Questionnaires. 
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38(11), 1125–1138. 
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00141-2

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OVERVIEW
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39 6-point Likert questions

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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 3.5 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.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 (never) - 6 (always)
								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_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)

fcqtTotal:							Total Score (Min: 39 - Max: 234)

///Subscales:
intentionsToConsume:				Having Intentions and Plans to Consume Food (3 questions)
anticipation:						Anticipation of Positive Reinforcement That May Result From Eating (5 questions)
relief:								Anticipation of Relief From Negative States and Feelings as a Result of Eating (3 questions)
lackOfControl:						Lack of Control Over Eating	(6 questions)		
preoccupation:						Thoughts or Preoccupation With Food (7 question)
hunger:								Craving as a Physiological State (4 questions)
emotions:							Emotions That May Be Experienced Before or During Food Cravings or Eating (4 questions)
trigger:							Cues That May Trigger Food Cravings (4 questions)
guilt:								Guilt From Cravings and/or for Giving Into Them (3 questions)

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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