AUTHOR=Manchón Javier , Quiles Maria , López-Roig Sofía 

TITLE=The Role of Acceptance in Eating Behaviors—Spanish Validation of Food Craving Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (FAAQ-S)

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.717886

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.717886

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The Food Craving Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (FAAQ) was developed to measure food craving acceptance, but has not yet been adapted to Spanish. The aim of this study was to validate the FAAQ to Spanish population and to analyze its psychometric properties.
Method. Two studies were conducted. In first study, sample consisted of 224 undergraduate who participated in the comprehension of the Spanish version and the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Second sample consisted of 378 participants from a community sample  who completed the refined version of the FAAQ and similar and dissimilar measures.
Results. Study 1) CFA was conducted, showing an inadequate fit of the model (CFI = .74, RMSEA = .18). Therefore, FAAQ was refined and it was administered to the community sample. 
Study 2) After an exploratory factor analysis, two factors were obtained,  Acceptance (30.92% variance explained) and Willingness (36.05%). Internal consistency was adequate for both subscales (ω = .88 and ω = .87, respectively). Correlation between factors was r = .07, which provides evidence that Acceptance and Willingness are different constructs. Correlations of Acceptance with similar variables (r between -.30 and -.52) were stronger than dissimilar measures (r between -.26 and .24). This did not occur for Willingness, since correlations were low in all cases (r between -.22 and .25). 
Conclusions. Spanish version of FAAQ showed evidence of its reliability and validity, and may be a measure to provide a better understanding of how acceptance of thoughts and emotions concerning food and willingness impact eating management behaviors.