Table 2a.
20-Item Loss of Control Scale: Means, Standard Deviations, Eigenvalues, % Variance, Factor Loadings, Item-Total Correlations
| LOC Items | N | Mean* | SD | Eigenvalue | % Variance | Factor | Item-Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELOCSlb. Go out of your way to get food you were craving | 167 | 5.39 | 2.74 | 7.233 | 36.166 | 0.479 | 0.428 |
| ELOCS2b. Feel helpless to control eating urges | 168 | 7.01 | 2.59 | 1.353 | 6.767 | 0.752 | 0.667 |
| ELOCS3b. Give up control over what you ate BEFORE started to eat | 164 | 6.62 | 3.33 | 1.290 | 6.450 | 0.445 | 0.398 |
| ELOCS4b. Give in to an impulse to eat even though not hungry | 168 | 8.18 | 1.94 | 1.156 | 5.778 | 0.619 | 0.546 |
| ELOCS5b. Ignore an interruption to keep eating | 165 | 2.99 | 3.88 | 1.045 | 5.224 | 0.475 | 0.424 |
| aELOCS6b. Ate unhealthy food choices | 165 | 5.70 | 3.06 | 0.955 | 4.777 | 0.026 | 0.009 |
| ELOCS7b. Keep eating even though thought should stop | 165 | 7.91 | 1.93 | 0.932 | 4.659 | 0.633 | 0.569 |
| ELOCS8b. Eat much more rapidly than normal | 164 | 5.57 | 3.37 | 0.782 | 3.910 | 0.526 | 0.479 |
| ELOCS9b. Eat until feel uncomfortably full | 168 | 7.54 | 2.30 | 0.741 | 3.707 | 0.438 | 0.376 |
| ELOCS10b. Ate large amount of food when not physically hungry | 167 | 6.11 | 2.37 | 0.674 | 3.371 | 0.481 | 0.400 |
| ELOCS11b. Feel embarrassed about how much you were eating | 165 | 4.76 | 3.66 | 0.636 | 3.181 | 0.558 | 0.502 |
| ELOCS12b. Feel disgusted, depressed, or very guilty while eating | 167 | 6.68 | 3.10 | 0.530 | 2.652 | 0.726 | 0.662 |
| ELOCS13b. Afraid of losing control over eating | 166 | 5.83 | 3.24 | 0.513 | 2.575 | 0.666 | 0.585 |
| ELOCS14b. Feel driven or compelled to eat | 167 | 7.22 | 2.41 | 0.434 | 2.169 | 0.705 | 0.632 |
| ELOCS15b. Hard to stop eating once started | 167 | 7.67 | 2.34 | 0.377 | 1.883 | 0.778 | 0.717 |
| ELOCS16b. Give up even trying to control eating | 167 | 7.11 | 3.00 | 0.351 | 1.756 | 0.632 | 0.577 |
| ELOCS17b. Feel upset by the feeling that couldn’t stop eating | 168 | 7.04 | 2.73 | 0.323 | 1.617 | 0.774 | 0.707 |
| ELOCS18b. Hard to stop thinking about food you were craving | 168 | 6.72 | 2.97 | 0.284 | 1.442 | 0.654 | 0.601 |
| ELOCS19b. Feel out of control when eaten an unusually large amount of food | 165 | 7.44 | 2.54 | 0.200 | 0.998 | 0.749 | 0.693 |
| aELOCS20b. Feel out of control when not eaten an unusually large amount of | 162 | 4.02 | 3.11 | 0.190 | 0.950 | 0.397 | 0.355 |
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| Loss of Control Scale α=0.887 | 168 | 6.38 | 1.59 | ||||
*
Measured with likert-type scales scored from 0-10.
a
Removed due to factor loading <0.40
Note. LOC = Loss of Control, ELOCS = Eating Loss of Control Scale.