Motivation to change, coping, and self-esteem in adolescent anorexia nervosa: a validation study of the Anorexia Nervosa Stages of Change Questionnaire (ANSOCQ)

Table 2 Factor loadings based on robust maximum likelihood estimates with varimax-rotation of the 20 ANSOCQ items

	Item	Factor 1 weight gain and control	Factor 2 attitudes and feelings	Factor- number according to Rieger and Touyz (2006)^a
3	Weight gain: body parts	0.79 ^a	−0.05	1
1	Weight gain	0.76 ^a	0.06	1
5	Weight gain and health	0.67 ^a	0.17	1
9	Weight gain: fat versus muscle	0.66 ^a	0.21	1
8	Weight loss	0.61 ^a	0.16	3
10	Rate weight gain	0.58 ^a	−0.04	1
13	Daily eating	0.55 ^a	0.24	3
4	Weight and appearance	0.50 ^a	0.08	1
2	Normal weight	0.49 ^a	0.08	1
12	Avoided foods (fat)	0.40 ^a	0.40 ^a	3
14	Preoccupations	−0.10	0.80 ^a	2
19	Personality	−0.13	0.58 ^a	3
7	Fear of fat	−0.12	0.57 ^a	2
6	Body importance	0.19	0.54 ^a	2
18	Emotional problems	−0.02	0.49 ^a	3
17	Weight control methods	0.24	0.49 ^a	2
11	Body standards	0.22	0.43 ^a	2
16	Eating feelings	0.37	0.43	2
15	Eating behaviour	0.30	0.12	2
20	Interpersonal problems	−0.06	0.32	3
	Eigenvalue	6.78	2.08

Factor loadings of the final scales are marked in bold. ^aFactor names according to Rieger and Touyz [32]: 1 = Weight Gain Factor, 2 = Eating, Shape and Weight Concerns, 3 = Ego-Alien Aspects

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