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. 2016 Jun 24;7:928. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00928

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and correlations (Pearson’s r) between Reward Sensitivity, Punishment Sensitivity, Food Approach, and Food Avoidance in preschoolers.

RS-indices
PS-indices
BAS_Total BAS_D BAS_RR SPSRQ-RS BIS_Total SPSRQ-PS


M (SD) 33.19 (6.32) 9.30 (2.88) 14.79 (2.52) 52.12 (8.67) 15.36 (3.71) 33.48 (8.99)
Range 34 12 12 50 17 59
Food Approach CEBQ FApB 38.42 (6.97) 39 0.30∗∗ 0.22 0.32∗∗ 0.35∗∗ 0.08 -0.03
EF 13.42 (2.97) 15 0.14 0.07 0.23 0.04 -0.07 -0.11
FR 10.62 (3.25) 17 0.26∗∗ 0.21 0.26∗∗ 0.44∗∗ 0.07 0.05
EOE 6.66 (2.04) 8 0.03 0.13 -0.03 0.30∗∗ 0.26∗∗ 0.17
DD 7.84 (2.69) 12 0.25 0.11 0.24 0.10 0.02 -0.15
DEBQ EMO 21.14 (7.20) 26 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.20 0.24 0.21
EXT 30.58 (5.16) 25 0.29∗∗ 0.31∗∗ 0.25∗∗ 0.46∗∗ 0.10 0.06
PFS PFS• 32.06 (9.47) 38 0.36∗∗ 0.34∗∗ 0.35∗∗ 0.40∗∗ 0.20 0.11
AnP 12.32 (4.17) 18 0.23 0.21 0.25 0.29∗∗ 0.22 0.12
PnT 12.96 (3.84) 16 0.33∗∗ 0.31∗∗ 0.32∗∗ 0.35∗∗ 0.17 0.08
TnE 6.72 (2.93) 13 0.35∗∗ 0.32∗∗ 0.32∗∗ 0.37∗∗ 0.11 0.06

Food Avoidance CEBQ FAvB 54.66 (11.03) 58 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.08 0.21 0.23
SaR 14.88 (3.12) 14 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.08 0.26∗∗ 0.15
SE 11.64 (2.69) 14 -0.07 0.00 -0.10 0.01 0.20 0.05
EUE 10.75 (3.38) 16 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.17 0.18 0.11
FF 17.39 (5.76) 23 -0.00 -0.03 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.27∗∗
CFNS 13.86 (4.11) 18 -0.01 0.01 -0.02 0.02 0.08 0.24

p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01.

•Composite score of the Power of Food Scale.

CEBQ, Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire; DEBQ, Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire; PFS, Power of Food Scale; CFNS, Child Food Neophobia Scale; FApB, Food Approach Behavior; EF, Enjoyment of Food; FR, Food Responsiveness; EOE, Emotional Overeating; DD, Desire To Drink; EMO, Emotional Eating; EXT, External Eating; AnP, Available but not Present; PnT, Present but not Tasted; TnE, Tasted but not Eaten; FAvB, Food AvoidanceBehavior; SaR, Satiety Responsiveness; SE, Slowness in Eating; EUE, Emotional Undereating; FF, Food Fussiness; RS, Reward Sensitivity; PS, Punishment Sensitivity; BAS, BehavioralApproach System; BAS_D, Drive; BAS_RR, Reward Responsiveness; SPSRQ, Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire; BIS, Behavioral Inhibition System.