The Weight-Focused Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and associations with control, loss of control of eating and weight in overweight and obese women.

The WFSCRS was developed to measure weight/shape and eating-related self-criticism and self-reassurance. The WFSCRS was examined in a large sample of overweight and obese women attending a community-based weight management programme. The WFSCRS presented a three-factor structure measuring two forms of self-criticism (inadequate self and hated self) and the ability to be self-reassuring. The two forms of self-criticism and self-reassurance are differentially associated with BMI, through the mediating effect of loss of control over eating and flexible control over eating.