Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 3 Five-factor model ESEM solution for the 19-item version of the EAT in Sample 1

From: Assessing the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating attitude test (EAT-26) across language and BMI in young Arab women

	ESEM
Item	Factor (λ)
	FGF	ERC	FP	SP	VPB	δ
Terrified	0.731	0.000	0.003	− 0.024	− 0.035	0.467
Preoccupy	0.007	−0.096	0.732	−0.087	− 0.010	0.469
Binges	0.063	0.021	0.649	−0.051	− 0.002	0.522
Awarecal	0.202	0.364	0.064	0.018	0.031	0.706
Avoidcarb	0.148	0.551	−0.050	0.030	0.011	0.593
Eatmore	0.057	−0.030	−0.013	0.780	−0.021	0.411
Vomit	−0.033	0.049	0.064	0.041	0.689	0.476
Guilty	0.634	−0.041	0.183	−0.050	0.114	0.412
Thinner	0.836	0.015	−0.021	0.021	0.049	0.287
Burncal	0.649	0.191	−0.051	− 0.035	−0.025	0.429
Toothin	−0.153	−0.048	0.010	0.597	−0.021	0.576
Fatbody	0.549	0.026	0.239	−0.053	0.015	0.475
Avoidsug	0.046	0.561	−0.114	0.041	0.002	0.640
Dietfood	−0.049	0.829	0.051	−0.010	0.004	0.338
Controlf	0.167	0.104	0.485	0.083	0.018	0.603
Pressure	0.029	0.039	0.028	0.710	0.054	0.483
Muchtime	−0.025	0.063	0.607	0.114	0.057	0.592
Dieting	−0.093	0.789	0.144	−0.116	0.024	0.375
Vomit1	0.027	−0.054	−0.090	− 0.043	1.037	0.002

Note. ESEM exploratory structural equation modeling, λ factor loading, FGF fear of getting fat, ERC eating-related control, FP food preoccupation, SP social pressure to gain weight, VPB vomiting-purging behavior, δ uniqueness

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