Table 1.
Factor loadings of the EDE‐Q items based on an exploratory factor analysis (n 1 = 538)
Extracted common factors | |||||
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Items | Subscale | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 |
Avoidance of exposure | SC | 1.00 | |||
Dissatisfaction with shape | SC | 1.00 | |||
Discomfort seeing body | SC | 0.97 | |||
Dissatisfaction with weight | WC | 0.93 | |||
Feelings of fatness | SC | 0.76 | |||
Desire to lose weight | WC | 0.76 | |||
Importance of weight | WC | 0.53 | |||
Importance of shape | SC | 0.52 | |||
Flat stomach | SC | 0.39 | |||
Fear of weight gain | SC | 0.37 | |||
Reaction to prescribed weighing | WC | 0.35 | |||
Preoccupation with shape or weight | WC/SC | 0.85 | |||
Preoccupation with food/eating/calories | EC | 0.73 | |||
Avoidance of eating | DR | 0.66 | |||
Empty stomach | DR | 0.61 | |||
Fear of losing control over eating | EC | 0.46 | 0.39 | ||
Restraint over eating | DR | 0.85 | |||
Food avoidance | DR | 0.84 | |||
Dietary rules | DR | 0.78 | |||
Eating in secret | EC | 0.91 | |||
Avoids social eating | EC | 0.87 | |||
Guilt about eating | EC | 0.63 | |||
Eigenvalues (unrotated) | 10.37 | 1.96 | 1.45 | 1.20 | |
Cronbach's alpha | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.78 |
Note: Total variance explained = 65.7%. Factor loadings < 0.30 are suppressed. SC = Shape Concern, WC = Weight Concern, EC = Eating Concern, DR = Dietary Restraint.