Table 3.

Factor loadings of the confirmatory 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	.86			.98
2. I feel fat	.97			.91
3. My clothes are too tight	.71			.76
4. I should stop eating fattening foods	.75			.77
5. I need to exercise more so I can lose some weight	.75			.84
6. I wish I was more muscular			.86			.92
7. I wish my body were stronger			.85			.87
8. I should eat foods that promote muscle growth			.84			.75
9. I need to lift weights more often to build muscle			.85			.75
10. I like the way I look		.88			.90
11. I feel good about my body		.91			.94
12. I am proud of what my body can do		.84			.76
13. I am happy with my eating habits		.81			.87
14. I am satisfied with my exercise habits		.74			.77
Inter-factor correlation matrix
Negative fat talk	1			1
Positive body talk	− .58***	1		− .57***	1
Negative muscle talk	− .03	.07	1	− .16*	.003	1

*p < .05, ***p < .001