Table 1.
Factor Loadings for Exploratory Factor Analysis with Direct Oblimin Rotation of Items of the SCOFF-scale
| Rotated factor loadings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls (n = 329) | Boys (n = 258) | |||
| Factor 1 Thoughts about food | Factor 2 Acts in regard to food | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | |
| Do you make yourself sick (vomit) because you feel uncomfortably full? | . 23 | .65 | .62 | .05 |
| Do you worry that you have lost control over how much you eat? | .79 | −.01 | .83 | −.10 |
| Have you recently lost more than one stone (15 pounds) (ca 6.8 kg) in a 3 month period? | −.18 | .84 | −.01 | .98 |
| Do you believe yourself to be fat when others say you are thin? | .68 | .12 | .82 | −.14 |
| Would you say that food dominates your life? | .64 | −.08 | .53 | .19 |