Beyond generalized anxiety: the association of anxiety sensitivity with disordered eating

Table 2 Standardized loadings from 4-factor EFA and CFA analyses of EAT-26 items

	EFA				CFA
	Diet/ carb restriction	Pressure to eat	Preoccupation with thinness	Purging	Diet/ carb restriction	Pressure to eat	Preoccupation with thinness	Purging
7. Particularly avoid food with a high carbohydrate content (i.e. bread, rice, potatoes, etc.)	0.77	− 0.01	0.16	0.03	0.88	0	0	0
16. Avoid foods with sugar in them	0.79	0.04	− 0.05	0.01	0.72	0	0	0
17. Eat diet foods	0.73	0.03	0.25	− 0.01	0.80	0	0	0
8. Feel that others would prefer if I ate more	0.02	0.85	0.02	− 0.07	0	0.83	0	0
13. Other people think that I am too thin	− 0.10	0.90	− 0.10	0.07	0	0.87	0	0
20. Feel that others pressure me to eat	− 0.03	0.81	0.26	− 0.03	0	0.84	0	0
1. Am terrified about being overweight	0.03	− 0.03	0.89	− 0.14	0	0	0.86	0
11. Am preoccupied with a desire to be thinner	0.01	− 0.03	0.91	0.05	0	0	0.91	0
14. Am preoccupied with the thought of having fat on my body	− 0.03	0.10	0.93	− 0.10	0	0	0.90	0
10. Feel extremely guilty after eating	− 0.08	0.07	0.79	0.22	–	–	–	–
12. Think about burning up calories when I exercise	0.23	− 0.17	0.73	− 0.01	–	–	–	–
9. Vomit after I have eaten	0.08	0.15	− 0.05	0.83	0	0	0	0.78
25. Have the impulse to vomit after meals	0.17	0.21	− 0.01	0.82	0	0	0	1.07

Item wordings are reworded with electronic permission from the original scale by Garner et al. (1987). The remaining EAT-26 items not shown here were included in the EFA analysis, but ultimately excluded from the final factor structure based on the decision-making criteria described in the main manuscript. High standardized factor loadings (≥ .7) are presented in bold text

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