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Table 1 Mean scores (M), standard deviations (SD), percentages of symptoms (%), corrected item-total correlation (rtot), and Cronbach's alpha (α) if any BES items were deleted

From: The psychometric properties of Binge Eating Scale among overweight college students in Taiwan

Items

M

SD

%

r tot

α if item deleted

Item 1

0.50

0.80

37.70

0.33

0.82

Item 2

1.28

0.94

75.70

0.36

0.82

Item 3

0.47

0.82

32.70

0.57

0.81

Item 4

0.14

0.51

7.00

0.31

0.82

Item 5

0.68

0.61

61.00

0.47

0.82

Item 6

0.81

0.75

67.70

0.26

0.83

Item 7

0.97

1.27

38.30

0.51

0.81

Item 8

1.04

0.85

68.30

0.51

0.81

Item 9

0.91

0.76

67.70

0.49

0.81

Item 10

0.52

0.79

34.70

0.64

0.80

Item 11

0.61

0.56

57.70

0.52

0.81

Item 12

0.48

0.73

36.00

0.39

0.82

Item 13

0.22

0.69

9.30

0.26

0.83

Item 14

0.94

0.88

63.70

0.41

0.82

Item 15

0.67

0.78

53.00

0.47

0.81

Item 16

0.44

0.63

36.70

0.58

0.81

  1. Sample Size (n = 300), % = Percentage of the samples selecting 1, 2, or 3