Abstract
A variety of correlates of the Food Preference Inventory (FPI) were examined to gather evidence regarding the Inventory's validity as a measure of oral passivity-activity and to determine whether it is related to alcoholism. No relationship with alcoholism was found. High (more passive) FPI scores were found to be to some degree (1) sex-related, with males scoring more passively, (2) negatively related to educational level, (3) positively related to authoritarianism and (4) negatively related to the Social Presence scale of the CPI and positively related to the Socialization, Self-control, Good Impression, and Achievement via Conformance scales of the CPI. The findings were interpreted as supporting the construct validity of the FPI but did not support previous findings of a relationship with alcoholism.
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