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Table 3 Comparison and correlations of BMI, eating behavior and psychological profile in patients with bulimia nervosa and their mothers

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

 

BN

r

Statistically significant correlations with other scales of mother§

 

Daughters

Mothers

BMI

22.2 ± 3.2

26.0 ± 6.5**

.51**

BD (.39)

Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2)

 Drive for Thinness (DT)

16.7 ± +4.4

3.4 ± 4.1**

.18

 

 Bulimia (B)

9.8 ± 7.0

0.3 ± 1.0**

.07

 

 Body Dissatisfaction (BD)

19.1 ± 7.3

6.3 ± 5.9**

−.01

 

 Ineffectiveness (I)

11.9 ± 8.5

2.3 ± 2.3**

−.22

 

 Perfectionism (P)

10.5 ± 4.1

4.4 ± 3.6**

.05

 

 Interpersonal Distrust (ID)

7 ± 5.6

2.7 ± 3.2**

.20

 

 Interoceptive Awareness (IA)

13.1 ± 7.5

2.9 ± 3.1**

.04

 

 Maturity Fears (MF)

9.5 ± 6.9

4.2 ± 3.2**

.15

 

 Ascetism (A)

9.7 ± 5

4.6 ± 2.8**

.03

SI (.39)

 Impulse Regulation (IR)

12.8 ± 7

3.3 ± 3.5**

.19

BAI (.39)

 Social Insecurity (SI)

9.4 ± 6.3

3 ± 2.9**

.06

 

 EDI-2 Total (EDI-2)

129.5 ± 51.7

37.5 ± 21.7**

.10

 

Depression (BDI)

27.6 ± 10.8

12.0 ± 8**

.27

 

Anxiety (BAI)

30.0 ± 11

11.6 ± 9.3**

.12

 

Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS)

 Difficulties in Identifying and Describing Feelings (DIDF)

43.6 ± 14.2

27.8 ± 16.7**

.19

EOT (−.53)

 Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT)

10.6 ± 5

6.4 ± 3.5*

−.16

 

 TAS Total (TAS)

54.2 ± 17.1

34.3 ± 17.7**

.03

EOT (−.49)

Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)

 Dietary Restraint (DR)

15.1 ± 4.3

8.3 ± 3.9**

.21

 

 Disinhibition (D)

10 ± 4.0

4.5 ± 3.5**

−.02

DR (−.38)

 Hunger (H)

7.4 ± 4.4

4.3 ± 2.6*

−.14

 
  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