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Food Thought Suppression Inventory

(FTSI)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts Cristiana de Campos Marques

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Inventário de Supressão de Pensamentos sobre Comida

ORIGINAL VERSION

Barnes, R. D., Fisak, B., Jr, & Tantleff-Dunn, S. (2010)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Marques, C. C., Goss, K., Castelo-Branco, M., Pereira, A. T., & Castilho, P. (2024)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The FTSI measures cognitive suppression related to food. The Portuguese version of the FTSI has a unidimensional factor structure and is comprised of 11 items, with higher scores indicating greater levels of food thought suppression. Additionally, the Portuguese version of the FTSI is a reliable and valid measure to assess food thought suppression in both women and men, and demonstrates measurement invariance across women’s BMI groups.

REFERENCES

  • Marques, C. C., Goss, K., Castelo-Branco, M., Pereira, A. T., & Castilho, P. (2024). Food Thought Suppression Inventory: Item response theory and measurement invariance in Portuguese adults. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 32, 100752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100752

  • Barnes, R. D., Fisak, B., Jr, & Tantleff-Dunn, S. (2010). Validation of the Food Thought Suppression Inventory. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(3), 373–381. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105309351246

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