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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2007 May 17;35(5):801–816. doi: 10.1007/s10802-007-9128-1

Table 1.

Means and standard deviations on all symptom measures by race/ethnicity and gender

Measure Male Female


White Black Hispanic Other White Black Hispanic Other
CDI 8.33(5.72) 9.55(6.68) 9.07(6.05) 9.41(7.67) 8.13(6.58) 8.52(5.18) 11.33(6.52) 9.18(6.19)
MASC 32.39(15.54) 37.07(14.63) 36.81(14.89) 39.02(14.91) 41.16(17.14) 41.89(12.62) 45.91(14.38) 40.99(15.55)
 Physical 6.78(5.11) 9.41(5.25) 8.16(5.39) 8.62(5.35) 9.46(5.97) 8.46(4.74) 10.82(5.63) 10.08(6.40)
 Harm Av 14.26(5.45) 15.66(4.85) 15.53(4.73) 16.21(5.20) 15.49(4.66) 16.89(4.49) 16.49(4.43) 16.03(4.80)
 Separation 4.64(3.92) 5.07(3.86) 5.99(4.22) 6.00(4.53) 6.28(4.73) 6.79(3.89) 8.24(4.70) 6.79(4.47)
SPAI-C 10.43(9.22) 12.39(10.31) 10.23(8.74) 10.14(9.14) 11.75(8.62) 11.59(8.26) 14.34(8.97) 12.73(9.35)
PSWQ-C 11.57(6.03) 13.50(7.55) 13.13(6.58) 14.09(7.57) 14.21(7.46) 15.44(7.49) 16.80(7.54) 15.81(7.77)
ChEAT 31.16(28.35) 44.53(31.48) 34.79(27.63) 33.70(21.98) 33.24(23.81) 33.85(25.37) 40.49(24.82) 36.64(26.09)
 Dieting 13.31(14.84) 19.37(15.88) 16.74(14.41) 15.81(11.90) 16.74(13.55) 16.26(14.62) 19.66(12.96) 16.58(14.62)
 Restr/Purge 7.72(9.89) 12.94(11.83) 9.93(10.69) 8.94(8.27) 8.19(8.55) 8.45(8.99) 11.01(9.32) 9.50(9.70)
 Food Preocc 5.29(5.79) 8.98(7.03) 5.89(6.14) 6.20(5.20) 4.88(5.46) 5.15(5.14) 6.57(5.81) 5.89(6.20)
RPEQ 6.35(6.41) 7.80(5.85) 5.51(5.79) 6.99(7.32) 4.33(5.38) 4.52(5.42) 5.86(6.63) 5.11(5.36)
 Overt 2.43(2.65) 3.08(2.41) 1.89(2.09) 2.45(2.72) 1.50(2.49) 1.60(2.43) 1.90(2.44) 1.63(2.21)
 Relational 2.17(2.28) 2.37(2.09) 1.94(2.31) 2.33(2.44) 1.57(1.77) 1.88(2.07) 2.05(2.23) 2.13(2.23)
 Reputation 1.74(2.23) 2.35(2.55) 1.68(2.24) 2.20(2.69) 1.26(2.06) 1.04(1.80) 1.91(2.69) 1.36(2.01)

CDI Children's Depression Inventory, MASC Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, SPAI-C Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children, PSWQ-C Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children, ChEAT Children's Eating Attitudes Test, Restr/Purge Restricting Purging Subscale of the ChEAT, Food Preocc Food Preoccupation Subscale of the ChEAT, RPEQ Revised Peer Experiences Questionnaire.