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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2008 Mar 14;46(7):777–787. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.03.004

Table 4.

Comparisons between dietary restraint and dietary restraint/negative affect subtypes on psychosocial variables within youth reporting binge eating (M±SD)

Youth reporting binge eating (n=66)

DR/NA-OBE (n=30) DR-OBE (n=66)

Measure M±SD M±SD Statistic
EDE Restraint 1.3±1.0 1.0±.09 t=1.6
EDE Eating Concern 1.2±1.0 0.8±0.8 F=1.2
EDE Shape Concern 3.0±1.4 2.1±1.5 F=2.2
EDE Weight Concern 2.9±1.0 2.1±1.2 F=5.3*
EDE Global 2.1±0.8 1.5±0.9 F=4.0*
CDI Total 21.1±5.0 7.6±3.8 t=14.6
CBCL Internalizing 65.7±11.6 53.0±12.0 F=14.3***
CBCL Externalizing 61.0±12.1 51.1±12.6 F=10.7**
CBCL Total 65.4±10.4 54.4±11.0 F=11.9**
*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001

Note: DR/NA-OBE=dietary restraint/negative affect subtype in youth reporting objective bulimic episodes; DR-OBE=dietary restraint subtype in youth reporting objective bulimic episodes; EDE=Eating Disorder Examination; CDI=Children’s Depression Inventory; CBCL=Child Behavior Checklist.