Surveys 2012 November P Personality, mood and eating habits

Personality, mood and eating habits Personality, mood and Eating habits

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I would like to invite you to participate in a research study looking at a range of eating habits in relation to mood and personality traits. This survey is part of my Bsc Psychology course and is supervised by Dr. Simon Green ([email protected]).There is no hidden agenda and the questions and statements in the attached questionnaires are not intended to be ambiguous in any way. I hope you will respond openly and frankly to all items since your identity will remain anonymous and the data will be treated with upmost confidentiality. Taking part in the survey will involve completing the online self-report questionnaires. The length of time the survey takes to complete will vary from person to person, but it is unlikely to take more than fifteen minutes. Please do not dwell too long on any question; it is your immediate response that I am interested in. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this research. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. This study has been approved by the Birkbeck College Research Ethics Committee, which follows the BPS Code of Conduct for research Practice. Please contact me, Elia Fernandes at [email protected] with any questions. Thank You Please tick the box below to confirm that you understand and are participating voluntarily. All information that you provide will be treated in confidence, and participants will not be identified by name or by establishment in any present or subsequent written reports. I indicate by ticking this box that I am participating voluntarily and understand that I can stop and withdraw at any time.  I Agree     Your gender   Male   Female     Please state your age.   18-25 years   26-35 years   36-45 years   46-55   greater than 55 years     What is your nationality?     Your Occupation   Student   Employed   Self-Employed   Job-Seeker   Housewife   Retired   Other       Please indicate your general state of health on the scale below which ranges from very poor to very good. My health is generally:   1 (very poor)   2   3   4   5 (very good)     Please indicate your current energy level:   1 (very low)   2   3   4   5 (very high)     How frequently do you exercise?   Daily   Weekly   Occasionally   Rarely/Never     How often do you go food shopping?   Someone else does the food shopping for me   More than once per week   Occasionally   Monthly   Fortnightly   Weekly   Daily   20-item Kristal Food Habits Questionnaire: Your Food Habits In the past month, how often did you... Rarely or Never Sometimes Often Usually or Always N/A 1. When eating read meat, trim all visible fat 2. When eating chicken, have it baked or broiled 3. When eating chicken take off the skin 4. Use very low fat (1%) or non-fat milk 5. Eat chicken or fish instead of red meat 6. When eating red meat, eat only small portions 7. Use no calorie spray non- stick spray when cooking 8. Eat ice-milk, frozen yogurt, low fat ice cream or sorbet instead of regular ice cream 9. Use low calorie instead of salad dressing 10. Put butter or margarine on cooked vegetables Rarely or Never Sometimes Often Usually or Always N/A 11. Snack on raw vegetables instead of …chips 12. Eat breads, rolls, muffins without butter or margarine 13. Use a meatless tomato sauce on spaghetti or noodles 14. Eat at least 2 vegetables (not green salad) at dinner 15. Use yogurt instead of sour cream 16. Have only fruit for dessert 17. Have a vegetarian dinner 18. Put sour cream, cheese or other sauces on vegetables or potatoes 19. Eat special low fat diet cheese 20. Eat boiled backed potatoes without butter or margarine   18-Item Block Fat Screener Questionnaire (Bfat): Your Eating Habits Past Month Think about your eating habits over the past month or so. About how often do you eat food in each of the following categories? Fill in only one circle for each food: Never of less than once a month 1 to 3 times a month 1 to 2 times a week 3 to 4 times a week 5 times a week or more N/A 1. Margarine 2. Cheese or cheese spread 3. Salad dressings (not diet) mayonnaise 4. Doughnuts, pastries, cakes, pie cookies. 5. Eggs 6. Potato chips, corn chips, popcorn, (not air popped) 7. Butter 8. Cold cuts, lunch meat, ham etc. 9. Beef such as steaks or roasts 10. 2% milk Never of less than once a month 1 to 3 times a month 1 to 2 times a week 3 to 4 times a week 5 times a week or more N/A 11. Ice cream (not low fat) 12. Hamburgers or cheeseburgers 13. French fries 14. Bacon or sausages 15. Hot dogs, franks 16. Fried chicken with skin 17. Whole milk 18. Pizza   10-item Block Fibre Screener Questionnaire (Bfib): Your Eating Habits Past Week Think about your eating habits over the past week or so. About how often do you eat food in each of the following categories? Fill in only one circle for each food: Never or less than once per week About once a week 2 or 3 times a week 4 to 6 times a week About once a day or more N/A 1. Vegetable not counting potatoes or salad 2. Fruit, not counting juice 3. Green salad 4. Dark whole grain bread such as whole wheat or rye 5. Juice, such as orange or grapefruit juice 6. Potatoes 7. Beans (baked beans, pintos, kidney beans, or chilli) 8. Brown rice, whole wheat pasta or bulgur 9. Oat bran or wheat germ 10. Fibre supplements   NEO-PI Short-Form: Your Personality The following section contain phrases describing people’s behaviours. Describe yourself as you generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself in an honest manner. Your responses will be kept in absolute confidence. Please read each pair of words carefully, and then tick the circle that corresponds to the accuracy of the words for you. I see myself as: Strongly disagree Disagree moderately Disagree a little Neither agree nor disagree Agree a little Agree moderately Agree strongly Extraverted, enthusiastic. Critical, quarrelsome. Dependable, self-disciplined. Anxious, easily upset. Open to new experiences, complex. Reserved, quiet. Sympathetic, warm. Disorganized, careless. Calm, emotionally stable. Conventional, uncreative.   DASS-21 Questionnaire: Your Emotional State The following set of questions measure your emotional state. Please read each statement and selection a number 0, 1, 2, or 3, which indicates how much the statement applied to you over the past week. There are no right or wrong answers. Do not spend too much time on any one statement. In the past week... 0 Did not apply to me at all 1 Applied to me to some degree or for some of the time 2 Applied to me for a considerable degree or for a good part of time 3 Applied to me very much or most of the time 1. I found it hard to wind down 2. I was aware of dryness of mouth 3. I couldn't seem to experience any positive feelings at all 4. I experienced breathing difficulty (e.g., breathlessness or excessively rapid breathing in the absence of physical exertion) 5. I found it difficult to work up the exertion to do things. 6. I tended to over-react to situations 7. I experienced trembling (e.g., in the hands) 8. I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy 9. I was worried about situations in which I might panic and make a fool of myself 10. I felt I had nothing to look forward to 0 Did not apply to me at all 1 Applied to me to some degree or for some of the time 2 Applied to me for a considerable degree or for a good part of time 3 Applied to me very much or most of the time 11. I found myself getting agitated 12. I found it difficult to relax 13. I felt down-hearted and blue 14. I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with what I was doing 15. I felt I was close to panic 16. I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything 17. I felt I wasn't worth much as a person 18. I felt that I was rather touchy 19. I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical exertion (e.g., sense of heart rate increase, heart 'missing a beat') 20. I felt scared without any good reason 21. I felt that life was meaningless