Description:
The Eating Motivation Survey, TEMS for short, was developed by Renner et al. (2012) to investigate why people eat what they eat. There is a full version with 78 items and a short version with 45 items. The answers can be given on a 7-point Likert scale from "never" to "always". The TEMS consists of 15 subscales: liking, habits, need and hunger, health, convenience, pleasure, traditional food, natural concerns, sociability, price, visual appeal, weight control, affect regulation, social norms, social image. This 15-factor structure of the TEMS was confirmed by Sproesser et al. (2018) in a sample of Indians, Americans and Germans.
Citation:
When using The Eating Motivation Survey (TEMS), the correct citation is:
Renner, B., Sproesser, G., Strohbach, S., & Schupp, H. (2012). Why we eat what we eat: The Eating Motivation Survey (TEMS). Appetite, 59, 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2012.04.004
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Portuguese translation:
- Moraes, J. M. M., & Alvarenga, M. dos S. (2017). Adaptação transcultural e validade aparente e de conteúdo da versão reduzida da The Eating Motivation Survey (TEMS) para o Português do Brasil. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 33(10). https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311x00010317
- Sproesser, G., Moraes, J. M. M., Renner, B., & Alvarenga, M. S. (2019). The Eating Motivation Survey in Brazil : Results From a Sample of the General Adult Population. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02334
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- German version TEMS
- English version TEMS
- Portuguese version TEMS
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