A pool of 40 items (20 positive and 20 negative emotions) was generated based on existing questionnaires of emotional eating (DEBQ, EES, EOQ, EMAQ) and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson et al., 1988). Items are displayed in Table 1. Each item began with the stem When I am/feel…, followed by an adjective describing an emotional state. Response categories ranged from I eat much less than usual to I eat much more than usual (scored from 1 to 5). Items were presented in randomized order in the online survey.