Table 2 Results of an exploratory factor analysis of the EBQ (nā=ā441) standardised regression weights & communality
EBQ items | F1 Positive beliefs | F2 Permissive beliefs | F3 Negative beliefs | Communality (h2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Iām not able to control my urges to eat | .044 | .022 | .701 | .543 |
Eating helps me to cope | .746 | .039 | .062 | .644 |
My eating will always need to be controlled | ā.010 | ā.207 | .701 | .415 |
Once I start eating I canāt stop | ā.051 | .138 | .775 | .653 |
I have no willpower in relation to food | .055 | .035 | .734 | .613 |
Eating helps to reduce unpleasant physical feelings | .745 | .082 | ā.074 | .552 |
Eating means I donāt have to think about negative things | .741 | ā.031 | .128 | .656 |
Eating helps to control my emotions | .852 | ā.016 | ā.012 | .703 |
I canāt control my eating because I am weak | .033 | ā.120 | .830 | .655 |
Eating keeps my feelings at a tolerable level | .710 | ā.028 | .161 | .645 |
If I donāt control myself I would never stop eating | .038 | ā.002 | .747 | .591 |
Eating helps me to cope with negative thoughts | .894 | ā.100 | .029 | .759 |
Eating helps me to cope with unpleasant physical sensations | .728 | .050 | .037 | .600 |
There is nothing I can do to stop eating | .000 | .249 | .544 | .463 |
Eating helps me cope with negative feelings | .922 | ā.127 | .007 | .769 |
Eating helps to stop feelings that I donāt like | .867 | ā.074 | .033 | .735 |
Bingeing is something that I can have for myself | .040 | .704 | .147 | .632 |
I deserve to have a pleasure like binge eating | ā.032 | .841 | .045 | .715 |
Itās okay to have the nice experience of binge eating | ā.071 | .913 | ā.083 | .736 |
Bingeing allows me to have something nice for myself | .009 | .868 | .007 | .764 |
It wonāt make a difference if I eat more | .170 | .650 | ā.250 | .435 |
I like to binge | ā.022 | .771 | .087 | .639 |
Eating stops me from feeling bad | .797 | .104 | ā.056 | .664 |
Eating is my best way of coping with unwanted feelings | .695 | .101 | .068 | .621 |
When I eat, things feel better for a while | .830 | .129 | ā.165 | .650 |