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Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2009 Oct 25;33(1):35–46. doi: 10.1007/s10865-009-9230-7

Table 5.

Factor structure and item loadings from the exploratory factor analysis

Item	Factor 1	Factor 2
Factor 1: dietary adherence
Mean discrepancy from kcal goal	0.91^*	−0.19
Mean discrepancy from protein goal	0.83^*	−0.14
Mean discrepancy from fat goal	0.67^*	−0.19
Mean discrepancy from carbohydrate goal	0.85^*	−0.16
Factor 2: behavioral adherence
Attendance to individual sessions	−0.02	0.57^*
Attendance to group sessions	−0.18	0.82^*
No. of daily food intake entries	−0.32	0.82^*
No. of daily physical activity entries	−0.23	0.78^*
Mean	55.1	204.7
Standard deviation	42.0	81.2
Cronbach’s alpha	0.86	0.77

Signifies a factor loading greater than 0.50 and based only on items with factor loadings >0.50