Table 5 Comparison and correlations of BMI, eating behavior and psychological profile between daughters and their mothers in the Non-ED group
Non-ED | r | Statistically significant correlations with other scales of mother§ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daughters | Mothers | |||
BMI | 21.5 ± 1.5 | 23.9 ± 3.3** | .33* | |
Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2) | ||||
Drive for Thinness (DT) | 2.4 ± 3.0 | 3.1 ± 3.7 | .02 | |
Bulimia (B) | 0.5 ± 1.3 | 0.2 ± 0.9 | .47** | |
Body Dissatisfaction (BD) | 4.0 ± 4.7 | 5.4 ± 5.6 | .24 | |
Ineffectiveness (I) | 0.9 ± 1.7 | 0.9 ± 1.5 | .45** | B (.31), P (.34), IA (.34), EDI-2 (.36) |
Perfectionism (P) | 6.4 ± 3.8 | 4.7 ± 3.1* | .13 | |
Interpersonal Distrust (ID) | 1.7 ± 2.1 | 2.1 ± 2.9 | −.20 | P (.30) |
Interoceptive Awareness (IA) | 2.0 ± 3.1 | 1.4 ± 2.1 | −.03 | |
Maturity Fears (MF) | 3.9 ± 3.2 | 3.5 ± 4 | .18 | B (.32) |
Ascetism (A) | 2.5 ± 1.7 | 3.3 ± 2.3* | .21 | TAS (−.27) |
Impulse Regulation (IR) | 2.1 ± 2.4 | 1.8 ± 2.6 | .17 | I (.30), SI (.27) |
Social Insecurity (SI) | 1.4 ± 1.7 | 1.4 ± 2 | .05 | P (.34) |
EDI-2 Total (EDI-2) | 27.7 ± 16.7 | 27.7 ± 18.5 | .12 | |
Depression (BDI) | 5.6 ± 4.3 | 7.5 ± 5.5* | .11 | IR (.34) |
Anxiety (BAI) | 9.0 ± 6.5 | 8.0 ± 7.9 | .19 | |
Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) | ||||
Difficulties in Identifying and Describing Feelings (DIDF) | 23.4 ± 10.2 | 19.7 ± 12.6 | .12 | P (.28), A (.31) |
Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT) | 6.1 ± 3.2 | 5.2 ± 3.7 | .03 | H (.30) |
TAS Total (TAS) | 29.5 ± 11.1 | 24.9 ± 14.8 | .07 | P (.32), A (.33) |
Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) | ||||
Dietary Restraint (DR) | 7.5 ± 4.7 | 10.3 ± 4.9** | .24 | |
Disinhibition (D) | 4.9 ± 3.2 | 4.5 ± 3.1 | .32* | H (.39), B (.30) |
Hunger (H) | 5.1 ± 2.6 | 3.5 ± 2.7** | .20 | DT (−.27), BD (−.31) |