TABLE 2.
Standardized loadings for the 34-item factor solution
| Standardized loading |
Scale alpha/alpha if item deleted |
Scale mean | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunger | 0.73 | 2.79 ± 0.82 | ||
| 6* | I often notice my stomach rumbling | 0.16 | 0.73 | |
| 9 | If I miss a meal, I get irritable | 0.63 | 0.60 | |
| 28 | I often feel so hungry that I have to eat something right away | 0.72 | 0.68 | |
| 32 | I often feel hungry | 0.77 | 0.68 | |
| 34 | If my meals are delayed I get light-headed | 0.45 | 0.69 | |
| Food Responsiveness | 0.82 | 2.98 ± 0.84 | ||
| 13 | I often feel hungry when I am with someone who is eating | 0.66 | 0.76 | |
| 17 | Given the choice, I would eat most of the time | 0.78 | 0.77 | |
| 22 | I am always thinking about food | 0.79 | 0.76 | |
| 33 | When I see or smell food that I like, it makes me want to eat | 0.74 | 0.78 | |
| Emotional overeating | 0.91 | 2.79 ± 1.04 | ||
| 5 | I eat more when I'm annoyed | 0.86 | 0.89 | |
| 8 | I eat more when I'm worried | 0.84 | 0.89 | |
| 10 | I eat more when I'm upset | 0.84 | 0.89 | |
| 16 | I eat more when I'm anxious | 0.77 | 0.90 | |
| 21 | I eat more when I'm angry | 0.82 | 0.90 | |
| Enjoyment of food | 0.85 | 4.02 ± 0.72 | ||
| 1 | I love food | 0.86 | 0.78 | |
| 3 | I enjoy eating | 0.93 | 0.69 | |
| 4 | I look forward to mealtimes | 0.78 | 0.88 | |
| Satiety responsiveness | 0.70 | 2.58 ± 0.74 | ||
| 11 | I often leave food on my plate at the end of a meal | 0.70 | 0.62 | |
| 23 | I often get full before my meal is finished | 0.62 | 0.61 | |
| 30 | I cannot eat a meal if I have had a snack just before | 0.53 | 0.72 | |
| 31 | I get full easily | 0.74 | 0.56 | |
| Emotional undereating | 0.88 | 2.64 ± 0.88 | ||
| 15 | I eat less when I'm worried | 0.74 | 0.87 | |
| 18 | I eat less when I'm angry | 0.77 | 0.85 | |
| 20 | I eat less when I'm upset | 0.79 | 0.85 | |
| 27 | I eat less when I'm annoyed | 0.80 | 0.84 | |
| 35 | I eat less when I'm anxious | 0.79 | 0.85 | |
| Food fussiness | 0.88 | 2.27 ± 0.84 | ||
| 2 | I often decide that I don't like a food before tasting it | 0.69 | 0.87 | |
| 7 | I refuse new foods at first | 0.66 | 0.87 | |
| 12 | (R) I enjoy tasting new foods | 0.90 | 0.84 | |
| 19 | (R) I am interested in tasting new foods I haven't tasted before | 0.89 | 0.84 | |
| 24 | (R) I enjoy a wide variety of foods | 0.80 | 0.85 | |
| Slowness in eating | 0.85 | 2.58 ± 0.91 | ||
| 14 | (R) I often finish my meals quickly | 0.71 | 0.83 | |
| 25 | I am often last at finishing a meal | 0.76 | 0.80 | |
| 26 | I eat more and more slowly during the course of a meal | 0.73 | 0.82 | |
| 29 | I eat slowly | 0.92 | ||
*
Loading and alpha-if-deleted for Item 6 is from the eight-factor model with 35 items.