Table 4.
Spearman correlation between Eating Attitude Test (EAT) and other scales
| EAT score | P | |
|---|---|---|
| Correlation coefficient | ||
| Body dissatisfaction score | 0·135 | <0·001 |
| Restrained Eating Scale | 0·229 | <0·001 |
| Perceived Stress Scale | 0·068 | 0·055 |
| Anxiety | 0·285 | <0·001 |
| Depression | 0·302 | <0·001 |
| Emotion regulation cognitive reappraisal facet | −0·044 | 0·239 |
| Emotion regulation expression suppression facet | 0·042 | 0·271 |
| Emotional eating | 0·143 | <0·001 |
| Orthorexia nervosa | −0·256 | <0·001 |
| Binge eating scale | 0·277 | <0·001 |
| Physical activity index | 0·092 | 0·035 |
Numbers in bold indicate significant P-values. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the association between the EAT score and the continuous variables.