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Table 8 Means, standard deviations and Cronbach’s alpha for 5-factor EAT-19 subscales in the total sample and across languages and BMI status in combined sample

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

 

EAT Subscales

 

FGF

ERC

FP

SP

VPB

M

(SD)

95% CI

α

M

(SD)

95% CI

α

M

(SD)

95% CI

α

M

(SD)

95% CI

α

M

(SD)

95% CI

α

Total Sample

(N = 2692)

9.88

(6.64)

9.64, 10.12

.845

9.91

(6.35)

9.68, 10.14

.806

8.13

(5.11)

7.13, 8.31

.731

6.98

(4.71)

6.81, 7.15

.725

2.48

(1.92)

2.41, 2.55

.809

Arabic

(N = 1968)

10.48

(6.57)

10.21, 10.76

.853

10.17

(5.99)

9.92, 10.43

.793

8.34

(4.89)

8.14, 8.55

.733

7.36

(4.59)

7.16, 7.55

.720

2.53

(1.84)

2.45, 2.60

.818

English

(N = 724)

8.22

(6.55)

7.76, 8.68

.818

9.20

(7.21)

8.70, 9.70

.841

7.55

(5.63)

7.16, 7.94

.724

5.95

(4.87)

5.61, 6.29

.738

2.34

(2.11)

2.19, 2.49

.774

Underweight

(N = 320)

6.93

(3.91)

6.47,

7.40

.766

8.5

(4.08)

8.01, 8.99

.743

7.95

(3.88)

7.49, 8.41

.711

12.32

(4.03)

11.85, 12.80

.653

2.86

(1.73)

2.65, 3.06

.762

Normal Weight

(N = 1373)

10.14

(5.20)

9.84, 10.44

.812

10.79

(5.20)

10.49, 11.09

.801

8.82

(3.78)

8.60, 9.04

.659

8.69

(3.86)

8.47, 8.91

.684

2.76

(1.64)

2.67, 2.84

.800

Overweight or Obese

(N = 999)

14.55

(5.52)

14.18, 14.92

.790

13.27

(5.49)

12.90, 13.64

.769

10.71

(4.81)

10.38, 11.03

.771

6.02

(3.08)

5.81, 6.23

.603

2.95

(1.92)

2.82, 3.08

.818

  1. Note. M mean, SD Standard Deviation, CI Confidence Interval, α Cronbach’s alpha
  2. FGF fear of getting fat, ERC eating- related control, FP food preoccupation, SP social pressure to gain weight, VPB vomiting-purging behavior
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