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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2013 Nov 11;26(1):77–89. doi: 10.1037/a0034729

Table 1.

Original 20-Item Factor Loadings for 2-Factor Solution, Oblique Rotation (Structure Matrix)

LOC Items Factor 1 Factor 2
ELOCSlb. Go out of your way to get food you were craving 0.373 0.622
ELOCS2b. Feel helpless to control eating urges 0.770 0.247
ELOCS3b. Give up control over what you ate BEFORE started to eat 0.359 0.530
ELOCS4b. Give in to an impulse to eat even though not hungry 0.672 0.053
ELOCS5b. Ignore an interruption to keep eating 0.444 0.325
ELOCS6b. Ate unhealthy food choices 0.139 −0.438
ELOCS7b. Keep eating even though thought should stop 0.684 0.070
ELOCS8b. Eat much more rapidly than normal 0.405 0.704
ELOCS9b. Eat until feel uncomfortably full 0.458 0.109
ELOCS10b. Ate large amount of food when not physically hungry 0.409 0.490
ELOCS11b. Feel embarrassed about how much you were eating 0.551 0.264
ELOCS12b. Feel disgusted, depressed, or very guilty while eating 0.760 0.178
ELOCS13b. Afraid of losing control over eating 0.676 0.245
ELOCS14b. Feel driven or compelled to eat 0.715 0.259
ELOCS15b. Hard to stop eating once started 0.754 0.427
ELOCS16b. Give up even trying to control eating 0.601 0.394
ELOCS17b. Feel upset by the feeling that couldn’t stop eating 0.758 0.396
ELOCS18b. Hard to stop thinking about food you were craving 0.664 0.243
ELOCS19b. Feel out of control when eaten an unusually large amount of food 0.719 0.437
ELOCS20b. Feel out of control when not eaten an unusually large amount of food 0.330 0.438

Note. LOC = Loss of Control, ELOCS = Eating Loss of Control Scale.