1. I eat these foods to forget things that I am worrying abouta | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
2. I eat these foods because my friends want me to eat/drink themd | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
3. I eat these foods because it helps me enjoy myself when I’m at a partyc | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
4. I eat these foods because it helps me when I feel down or nervousa | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
5. I eat these foods to enjoy time with friendsc | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
6. I eat these foods to cheer up when I am in a bad mooda | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
7. I eat these foods because I like the feeling I get when I eat themb | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
8. I eat these foods to so that others won’t joke about me not eating or drinking these foodsd | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
9. I eat these foods because it’s excitingb | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
10. I eat these foods to get a super good feeling insideb | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
11. I eat these foods because it makes social gatherings more func | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
12. I eat these foods to fit in with a group I liked | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
13. I eat these foods because it gives me a pleasant feelingb | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
14. I eat these foods because it improves parties and celebrationsc | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
16. I eat these foods to celebrate a special occasion with friendsc | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
17. I eat these foods to forget about my problemsa | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
18. I eat these foods because it’s funb | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
19. I eat these foods to be likedd** | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
20. I eat these foods so I won’t feel left outd | ||||
Never/Almost never | Some of the time | Half of the time | Most of the time | Almost always/Always |
The responses are coded 1 through 5, respectively. Note: There is no item #15 as analysis of a similar item in the adult PEMS was also omitted due to poor factor loading (Burgess et al., 2014).
This item (#19) loaded poorly on the Conformity motive so was excluded from analysis in this study. Future use of the K-PEMS should change the item to read: “I eat these foods so that others will like me”.
Denote items comprising the 4 motives: a = coping; b = reward enhancement; c = social; d = conformity.