Table 8.
Means, standard deviations and Cronbach’s alpha for 5-factor EAT-19 subscales in the total sample and across languages and BMI status in combined sample
| EAT Subscales | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FGF | ERC | FP | SP | VPB | |||||||||||
|
M
(SD) |
95% CI | α |
M
(SD) |
95% CI | α |
M
(SD) |
95% CI | α |
M
(SD) |
95% CI | α |
M
(SD) |
95% CI | α | |
| Total Sample (N = 2692) |
9.88 (6.64) |
9.64, 10.12 | .845 | 9.91 (6.35) |
9.68, 10.14 | .806 | 8.13 (5.11) |
7.13, 8.31 | .731 | 6.98 (4.71) |
6.81, 7.15 | .725 | 2.48 (1.92) |
2.41, 2.55 | .809 |
| Arabic (N = 1968) |
10.48 (6.57) |
10.21, 10.76 | .853 | 10.17 (5.99) |
9.92, 10.43 | .793 | 8.34 (4.89) |
8.14, 8.55 | .733 | 7.36 (4.59) |
7.16, 7.55 | .720 | 2.53 (1.84) |
2.45, 2.60 | .818 |
| English (N = 724) |
8.22 (6.55) |
7.76, 8.68 | .818 | 9.20 (7.21) |
8.70, 9.70 | .841 | 7.55 (5.63) |
7.16, 7.94 | .724 | 5.95 (4.87) |
5.61, 6.29 | .738 | 2.34 (2.11) |
2.19, 2.49 | .774 |
| Underweight (N = 320) |
6.93 (3.91) |
6.47, 7.40 |
.766 | 8.5 (4.08) |
8.01, 8.99 | .743 | 7.95 (3.88) |
7.49, 8.41 | .711 | 12.32 (4.03) |
11.85, 12.80 | .653 | 2.86 (1.73) |
2.65, 3.06 | .762 |
| Normal Weight (N = 1373) |
10.14 (5.20) |
9.84, 10.44 | .812 | 10.79 (5.20) |
10.49, 11.09 | .801 | 8.82 (3.78) |
8.60, 9.04 | .659 | 8.69 (3.86) |
8.47, 8.91 | .684 | 2.76 (1.64) |
2.67, 2.84 | .800 |
| Overweight or Obese (N = 999) |
14.55 (5.52) |
14.18, 14.92 | .790 | 13.27 (5.49) |
12.90, 13.64 | .769 | 10.71 (4.81) |
10.38, 11.03 | .771 | 6.02 (3.08) |
5.81, 6.23 | .603 | 2.95 (1.92) |
2.82, 3.08 | .818 |
Note. M mean, SD Standard Deviation, CI Confidence Interval, α Cronbach’s alpha
FGF fear of getting fat, ERC eating- related control, FP food preoccupation, SP social pressure to gain weight, VPB vomiting-purging behavior