Table 2.

Factor loadings of the exploratory factor analyses for women and men

Item	Women (n = 150)			Men (n = 150)
	Negative fat talk	Positive body talk	Negative muscle talk	Negative fat talk	Positive body talk	Negative muscle talk
1. I need to lose some weight	.91	− .01	− .04	.92	.01	− .13
2. I feel fat	.87	− .11	− .08	.90	− .16	− .07
3. My clothes are too tight	.79	− .10	− .02	.67	− .05	.06
4. I should stop eating fattening foods	.73	.00	.02	.81	.01	.15
5. I need to exercise more so I can lose some weight	.82	.07	.15	.90	.09	.08
6. I wish I was more muscular	− .09	− .14	.92	.08	− .07	.82
7. I wish my body were stronger	− .03	.04	.89	− .04	− .02	.84
8. I should eat foods that promote muscle growth	.01	− .02	.85	− .13	− .05	.85
9. I need to lift weights more often to build muscle	.14	.15	.82	.16	.09	.77
10. I like the way I look	− .15	.82	− .05	− .08	.78	− .07
11. I feel good about my body	− .21	.78	.04	.01	.89	− .12
12. I am proud of what my body can do	− .02	.83	.02	− .05	.78	.04
13. I am happy with my eating habits	− .08	.78	− .07	− .08	.76	− .06
14. I am satisfied with my exercise habits	.23	.85	.04	.08	.84	.16
Inter-factor correlation matrix
Negative fat talk	1			1
Positive body talk	− .43	1		− .36	1
Negative muscle talk	.08	.09	1	.18	− .18	1

Factor loadings in bold are loadings greater than .40