Table 4.
Descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA results comparing mentalising outcomes based on combinations autistic traits and eating disorder psychopathology
| High AQ – High EDE-Q |
High AQ – Low EDE-Q |
Low AQ – High EDE-Q |
Low AQ – Low EDE-Q |
F (3,302) | p | η2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 93 | n = 66 | n = 60 | n = 87 | ||||
| M (SD) | |||||||
| RMET | |||||||
| Accuracy | 24.55 (4.91) | 25.62 (4.14) | 26.02 (4.01) | 25.99 (3.66) | 2.26 | 0.082 | 0.02 |
| MentS | |||||||
| Total | 96.60 (13.99) | 96.00 (13.50) | 104.43 (12.54) | 107.79 (12.61) | 15.56 | < 0.001* | 0.13 |
| Self | 19.44 (7.48) | 21.74 (6.95) | 24.48 (7.09) | 26.52 (6.84) | 16.41 | < 0.001* | 0.14 |
| Other | 38.68 (5.43) | 36.55 (5.69) | 40.30 (5.10) | 41.21 (4.58) | 11.26 | < 0.001* | 0.10 |
| Motivation | 38.48 (5.36) | 37.71 (5.52) | 39.65 (4.85) | 40.07 (5.20) | 3.13 | 0.026* | 0.03 |
Note: * statistically significant, α = 0.05