Table 4 Comparison and correlations of BMI, eating behavior and psychological profile in patients with binge eating disorder and their mothers
BED | r | Statistically significant correlations with other scales of mother§ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daughters | Mothers | |||
BMI | 40.5 ± 7.6 | 29.3 ± 4.1** | .20 | DT (−.46) |
Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2) | ||||
Drive for Thinness (DT) | 11.4 ± 4.2 | 5.4 ± 5.3** | .37 | |
Bulimia (B) | 5.0 ± 4.7 | 1.2 ± 3.0* | −.25 | |
Body Dissatisfaction (BD) | 19.6 ± 5.7 | 9.7 ± 6.1** | .24 | |
Ineffectiveness (I) | 9.1 ± 6.2 | 4.2 ± 6* | .41 | |
Perfectionism (P) | 9.5 ± 3.9 | 6.8 ± 3.8* | .22 | |
Interpersonal Distrust (ID) | 5.9 ± 5.6 | 5.0 ± 3.5 | .42 | |
Interoceptive Awareness (IA) | 9.2 ± 5.7 | 3.8 ± 4.1** | .30 | |
Maturity Fears (MF) | 9.3 ± 5.9 | 5.9 ± 4.4* | .55* | I (.55), IA (.47) |
Ascetism (A) | 6.8 ± 3.1 | 3.8 ± 2.7* | .25 | P (.48) |
Impulse Regulation (IR) | 7.7 ± 4.6 | 5.1 ± 4.4* | .45 | |
Social Insecurity (SI) | 7.3 ± 4.9 | 4.1 ± 5.2* | .38 | |
EDI-2 Total (EDI-2) | 100.8 ± 31.4 | 54.9 ± 31** | .28 | IA (.47) |
Depression (BDI) | 20.6 ± 11.7 | 16.5 ± 12.6 | .34 | B (.50), I (.46), IA (.61), EDI-2 (.49) |
Anxiety (BAI) | 21.4 ± 9.6 | 15.8 ± 12.5 | .32 | |
Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) | ||||
Difficulties in Identifying and Describing Feelings (DIDF) | 42.6 ± 12.3 | 34.2 ± 19.1 | .16 | ID (.50), EOT (.58) |
Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT) | 8.6 ± 4.4 | 9.3 ± 5.5 | .02 | |
TAS Total (TAS) | 51.2 ± 13.6 | 43.5 ± 20.2 | .25 | EOT (.53) |
Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) | ||||
Dietary Restraint (DR) | 8.9 ± 4.8 | 9.8 ± 4.2 | .49* | ID (−.49) |
Disinhibition (D) | 11.3 ± 3.1 | 5.7 ± 4.1** | .45 | H (.50) |
Hunger (H) | 8.9 ± 3.0 | 4.2 ± 3.2** | .15 | |