Emotional Appetite Questionnaire: psychometric properties in Brazilian adult samples before and after the COVID-19 pandemic onset.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Appetite represents a desire of a person to eat specific food in order to reach satisfaction and pleasure states. This desire may be associated with the experience of negative or positive emotions (emotional appetite). Emotional appetite can influence eating behavior, and its investigation is relevant to avoid possible damage to health resulting from a disordered eating.

Objectives

To adapt the Emotional Appetite Questionnaire (EMAQ) to the Portuguese language; to assess the validity and reliability of the data; and to assess emotional appetite in three samples of adults collected before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study with non-probabilistic convenience sampling. The Portuguese version of the EMAQ was

SUBMITTER: Martins BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9884477 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature