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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 4.

Test-retest reliabilities and internal consistencies of personality measures related to obesity and weight-related eating behaviours

Measure	Test-retest reliability	Internal consistency	Studies
IPIP-NEO, MINI-IPIP			Donnelan et al. (2006) (“International Personality Item Pool,” 2012)
MINI-IPIP, Domains	.72 – .89^c	.78 – .91^a
IPIP-NEO, Domains	n/a	.81 – .86^a
IPIP-NEO, Subdomains	n/a	.71 – .88^a
NEO-PI-R			McCrae et al. (2010)
Domains	.87 – .92^f	.86 – .92^a
Subdomains	.72 – .88^f	.56 – .81^a

Self-Control Scale	.89^c	.89^a	Tangney et al. (2004)
SPSRQ			Torrubia et al. (2001)
Sensitivity to Reward	.61–.87^c	.77^a
UPPS	n/a	.83 – .89^a	Whiteside et al. (2005)

DEBQ			Calitri et al. (2010)
Restrained Eating	.81^c	.95^a	van Strien et al. (1986)
Emotional Eating (13 items)	.79^c	.94^a
Emotional Eating (9 items)		.93^a
Emotional Eating (4 items)		.86^a
External Eating	.81^c	.80^a
DSIS - food	n/a	.85^a	Tsukayama et al. (2012)
Qm of RRVf	n/a	n/a
Power of Food Scale	.77^c	.91^a	Lowe et al. (2009)
TFEQ (Eating Inventory)			Stunkard and Messick (1985)
Restraint	.81–.93^c	.93^a
Disinhibition	.80–.86^c	.91^a
Hunger	.75–.83^c	.85^a
TFEQ-R18v2			Cappelleri et al. (2009)
Cognitive restraint	n/a	.78^a
Uncontrolled Eating (Disinhibition + Hunger)		.89^a
Emotional Eating		.94^a

Note.

Cronbach alpha;

correlation;

Average correlation from several measurements

DEBQ = Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire; DSIS = Domain-specific Impulsivity Scale; IPIP = International Personality Item Pool; NEO-PI-R = NEO Personality Inventory-revised; Qm of RRVf = questionnaire measures of relative reinforcing value of food; SPSRQ = Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire; TFEQ = Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire. A value of .70 is the generally accepted minimum for both internal consistency and reliability; .90 should be the accepted maximum for internal consistency. Test-retest intervals ranged from three weeks to three years.