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Table 2 Comparison and correlations of BMI, eating behavior and psychological profile in patients with anorexia nervosa and their mothers

From: Eating behavior and psychological profile: associations between daughters with distinct eating disorders and their mothers

 

AN

r

Statistically significant correlations with other scales of mother §

Daughters

Mothers

BMI

16.9 ± 3.2

26.3 ± 4.1**

.29

H (−.37), BDI (−.43)

Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2)

 Drive for Thinness (DT)

14.3 ± 6.8

3.4 ± 4.8**

−.37*

P (−.39),MF (−.44), A (−.42), IR (−.60), EDI-2 (−.43)

 Bulimia (B)

3.2 ± 4.7

0.2 ± 0.7*

−.18

 

 Body Dissatisfaction (BD)

14.4 ± 7.1

7 ± 6.1**

−.13

P (−.62), MF (−.36), EDI-2 (−.43), DR (−.37)

 Ineffectiveness (I)

10.6 ± 8.6

2.4 ± 3.7**

.09

MF (−.36)

 Perfectionism (P)

10.7 ± 4.2

4.5 ± 4**

−.41*

BD (−.39)

 Interpersonal Distrust (ID)

8.9 ± 5.5

3.0 ± 3.5**

.19

 

 Interoceptive Awareness (IA)

13.7 ± 7.6

3.3 ± 4.8**

.13

P (−.39)

 Maturity Fears (MF)

11.7 ± 7.1

3.7 ± 3.2**

−.32

P (−.38), EOT (−.45)

 Ascetism (A)

8.9 ± 5.4

3.1 ± 2.4**

−.11

P (−.49)

 Impulse Regulation (IR)

13.1 ± 7.4

4.3 ± 4.7**

−.12

P (−.54)

 Social Insecurity (SI)

10 ± 5.6

3.1 ± 2.8**

−.12

MF (−.36)

 EDI-2 Total (EDI-2)

119.5 ± 51

38.1 ± 26**

−.28

P (−.52), MF (−.39)

 Depression (BDI)

26.7 ± 12.1

14.7 ± 9**

−.07

P (−.42)

 Anxiety (BAI)

26.5 ± 15.3

16.9 ± 12.2*

.30

 

Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS)

 Difficulties in Identifying and Describing Feelings (DIDF)

47.5 ± 14.8

27.1 ± 16**

.12

MF (−.50)

 Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT)

10.0 ± 4.4

8.0 ± 4.7

.05

B (.48)

 TAS Total (TAS)

57.6 ± 17.3

35.1 ± 17.3**

.06

P (−.36), MF (−.45)

Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)

 Dietary Restraint (DR)

16.5 ± 4.1

7.1 ± 4.2**

−.20

DT (−.42), P (−.50), A (−.55), IR (−.63), EDI-2 (−.45)

 Disinhibition (D)

4.9 ± 3.1

5.1 ± 3.4

−.16

DT (−.39)

 Hunger (H)

3.9 ± 3.0

3.8 ± 2.4

.29

I (.37)

  1. Data are shown as media ± standard deviation
  2. * p < .05, ** p < .001
  3. § Correlations between the daughter’s score on this scale and the mother’s score on other scales of the questionnaires