Table 2.

Results of the exploratory factor analysis

	Factors
Statements	F1: Uncontrolled eating	F2: Emotional eating	F3: Restrained eating	F4: Conscious eating	Total item correlation
S15	0·427				0·531
S24	0·438				0·480
S22	0·386				0·502
S26	0·437				0·484
S12	0·379				0·464
S34	0·477				0·487
S41	0·415				0·457
S1	0·357				0·448
S7	0·411				0·448
S19	0·389				0·418
S31	0·425				0·462
S20		0·649			0·558
S9		0·616			0·550
S27		0·532			0·444
S25		0·384			0·214
S11		0·341			0·251
S6			0·442		0·493
S32			0·435		0·368
S35			0·420		0·469
S28			0·417		0·463
S33			0·341		0·388
S18			0·427		0·419
S42				0·436	0·424
S44				0·415	0·372
S46				0·378	0·333
S48				0·359	0·378
S43				0·325	0·293
Reliability	0·809	0·619	0·702	0·606	0·639
Explained variance (%)	13·758	8·545	10·111	8·922	41·336

KMO = 0·821; χ ²(351) = 1548·481; Bartlett’s test of sphericity (P) < 0·001.