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Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012 Dec 19;37(3):279–299. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.11.008

Table 3.

Classification of specific personality eating-related questionnaires in terms of the Five-Factor Model of personality traits.

Measure	Study	Domain/Factor
Measure	Study	N	E	O	A	C
UPPS Impulsivity factors	Whiteside and Lynam (2001)	Urgency (.58)	Sensation Seeking (.48)			Perseverance (.80) Premeditation (.63) Low Urgency (−.54)
Self-control Scale	Tangney et al. (2004)	Low self-control (−.50)			Self-control (.29)	Self-control (.54)
SR from SPSRQ	Mitchell et al. (2007)	Sensitivity to reward (.13)	Sensitivity to reward (.38)		Low sensitivity to reward(−.34)	Low sensitivity to reward (−.17)
TFEQ	Provencher et al. (2008)	Disinhibition (.37) Hunger (.29)	Low disinhibition (−.29) Low hunger (−.29)		Low hunger (− .27)	Restraint (.16) Low disinhibition (−.21) Low hunger (−.25)
DEBQ	Elfhag et al. (2008)	Low restraint (−.18) Emotional eating (.48) External eating (.36)	Restraint (.15) Low emotional eating (−.14)	Restraint (.13)		Restraint (.22) Low emotional eating (−.26) Low external eating (−.17)

Note: Scales with correlations or factor loadings greater than .30 are given in bold. DEBQ = Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire; SPSRQ = Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire; SR = Sensitivity to Reward; TFEQ = Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire; UPPS = UPPS Impulsivity scale.