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Three Factor Eating Questionnaire – R21 (TFEQ-R21)

Title of the Portuguese Version

Questionário Alimentar dos três fatores – R21

Original Version

Cappelleri, J. C., Bushmakin, A. G., Gerber, R. A., Leidy, N. K., Sexton, C. C., Lowe, M. R., & Karlsson, J. (2009)

Portuguese Version

Duarte, P., Palmeira, L., & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2016)

General Description

The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire is a self-assessment scale used widely in studies of eating behavior in overweight and normal weight individuals. It assesses three cognitive and behavioral domains of eating: cognitive restraint (6 items), uncontrolled eating (9 items) and emotional eating (6 items). It comprises 21 items in a four-point Likert scale for items 1–20 and on an eight-point numerical rating scale for item 21. Responses to each of the items are given a score between 1 and 4. Before calculating domain scores, items 1–16 were reverse coded and item 21 was recoded as follows: 1–2 scores as 1; 3–4 as 2; 5–6 as 3; 7–8 as 4.

References

  • Cappelleri, J. C., Bushmakin, A. G., Gerber, R. A., Leidy, N. K., Sexton, C. C., Lowe, M. R., & Karlsson, J. (2009). Psychometric analysis of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21: Results from a large diverse sample of obese and non-obese participants. International Journal of Obesity, 33(6), 611-620.

  • Duarte, P., Palmeira, L., & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (submitted). The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21: A Confirmatory factor analysis in a Portuguese sample.

Contacts

Lara Palmeira – larapalmeira@gmail.com