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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2020 Aug 31;54(2):132–147. doi: 10.1002/eat.23365

Table 3.

Networks and their most central symptoms, in order of the most consistent central symptoms.

Model 2 (full sample) Central Symptoms Bridge Symptoms
Desire to lose weight Feeling like a failure
Feeling useless
Discomfort when seeing one’s own body
Self-dislike
Model 3 (college students) Central Symptoms Bridge Symptoms
Desire to lose weight
Feeling worthless
Not having much to be proud of
Feeling like a failure
Feeling useless
Model 4 (adolescents) Central Symptoms Bridge Symptoms
Desire to lose weight
Feeling useless
Discomfort when seeing one’s own body
Feeling like a failure
Self-dislike
Model 5 (males) Central Symptoms Bridge Symptoms
Desire to lose weight
Feeling useless
Self-dislike
Feeling like a failure
Feeling useless
Model 6 (females) Central Symptoms Bridge Symptoms
Desire to lose weight Feeling like a failure
Discomfort when seeing one’s own body