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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2009 Dec 11;54(2):10.1016/j.appet.2009.12.004. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.12.004

Table 1.

Spearman rho correlation coefficients between EMAQ and DEBQ (subscales and total) scores and BMI for participants (Cronbach's α in bold).

DEBQ-E EMAQ-NE EMAQ-NS EMAQ-PE EMAQ-PS DEBQ-R DEBQ-X
DEBQ-E 0.937
EMAQ-NE 0.580 0.791
p 0.000
N 232
EMAQ-NS 0.429 0.695 0.754
p 0.000 0.000
N 231 231
EMAQ-PE −0.215 −0.162 −0.228 0.871
p 0.001 0.007 0.000
N 232 232 231
EMAQ-PS − 0.168 −0.130 −0.108 0.605 0.663
p 0.005 0.024 0.051 0.000
N 231 231 231 231
DEBQ-R 0.264 0.105 0.076 −0.311 −0.288 0.929
p 0.000 0.056 0.126 0.000 0.000
N 232 232 231 232 231
DEBQ-X 0.455 0.356 0.159 0.219 0.176 −0.049 0.866
p 0.000 0.000 0.008 0.000 4.000 0.230
N 232 232 231 232 231 232
BMI 0.027 0.144 0.110 −0.136 −0.156 0.207 − 0.002
p 0.340 0.015 0.048 0.020 0.009 0.001 0.490
N 229 229 228 229 228 229 229

Dark shading indicates areas of convergent validity and light shading indicates areas of discriminant validity (based on absolute values).

BMI = body mass index.

EMAQ= Emotional Appetite Questionnaire.

PE = positiveemotions.

PS = positive situations.

NE= negative emotions.

NS = negative situations.

DEBQ= Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire.

R = restrained eating.

E = emotional eating.

X= external eating.