Table 2.

Goodness of fit indices from 3-, 4-, and 5-factor exploratory structural equation models (ESEM) of the EAT-19 in Sample 1

Descriptions	SRMR	CD	CFI	TLI	RMSEA	90% CI	χ2 (df)	AIC	BIC	Number of Items with Poor Loadingsb
3 factors	.050	.994	.838	.763	.099	0.095, 0.104	1454.68 (117)a	72,316.85	72,781.86	3c
4 factors	.033	.999	.918	.860	.076	0.071, 0.081	775.69 (100)a	71,671.86	72,222.79	0
5 factors	.018	1.000	.976	.952	.045	0.039, 0.051	286.64 (86)a	71,210.81	71,832.50	1d

Note. SRMR standardized root mean square, CD coefficient of determination, CFI comparative fit index, TLI Tucker-Lewis index, RMSEA root mean square error of approximation, CI Confidence interval for the RMSEA point estimate, χ² Chi-squared Statistic, df Degrees of freedom, AIC Akaike’s information criterion, BIC Bayesian information criterion

^aSignificant at alpha value of 0.05

^bFactor loadings less than 0.40 is considered poor

^cThe three items with poor loadings were item 1”Terrified”,7”Vomit”,and item 19”Vomit1”

^dThe item with poor loading was item 4 “Awarecal”