Table 1.
Factor structure of the 5-item SREBQ
| Item | Factor loading | Capacity/ Processes |
|---|---|---|
| I’m good at resisting tempting food | .797 | Ability to control behaviour, thoughts, feeling, attention and eat in accordance with your intentions/short-term capacity to regulate eating behaviours |
| I give up too easily on my eating intentionsR | .789 | Ability to stick to your eating intentions and continuously work toward them/long-term capacity to self-regulate eating behaviours |
| I easily get distracted from my eating intentionsR | .746 | Ability to control thoughts and attention and keep your eating goals in mind |
| I find it hard to remember what I have eaten throughout the dayR | .618 | Ability to monitor and be aware of your actual eating behaviour |
| If I am not eating in the way I intend to I make changes | .612 | Ability to compare your actual behaviour to your eating intentions (reference) and make adjustments when necessary to achieve your intentions |
Response scale for each item ranged from 1 (Never),to 5 (Always). RReverse item. Variance explained: 51.4 %. KMO = 0.80. Item-item correlation (range): 0.25 to 0.54. Item-total correlation (range):0.42 to 0.61