Table 2.
Behavioral data of the study groups; p-values are False Discovery Rate corrected; df 2, 74 for all comparisons. Temperament and Character Inventory, TCI; Eating Disorders Inventory 3, EDI-3; Beck Depression Inventory, BDI; Tukey’s post hoc test indicated for Intolerance of Uncertainty, Harm Avoidance, Depression, Drive for Thinness, State and Trait Anxiety AN,BN>CW p<0.001; Novelty Seeking AN<CW,BN p<0.005; Bulimia BN>CW p<0.001; Body Dissatisfaction AN,BN>CW p<0.001 and BN>AN p<0.003.
| CW (n=28) | AN (n=30) | BN (n=19) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F | p | |
| Novelty Seeking (TCI) | 20.6 | 5.6 | 14.9 | 6.1 | 22.7 | 6.3 | 11.6 | <0.001 |
| Harm Avoidance (TCI) | 9.0 | 3.3 | 21.7 | 7.8 | 22.9 | 5.9 | 42.7 | <0.001 |
| Depression (BDI) | 1.6 | 1.8 | 23.0 | 10.2 | 23.5 | 10.9 | 59.1 | <0.001 |
| Drive for Thinness (EDI-3) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 12.9 | 6.8 | 16.1 | 4.2 | 67.2 | <0.001 |
| Bulimia (EDI-3) | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 12.4 | 4.6 | 74.1 | <0.001 |
| Body Dissatisfaction (EDI-3) | 1.8 | 2.4 | 12.2 | 8.8 | 19.1 | 6.5 | 42.6 | <0.001 |
| State Anxiety | 28.1 | 6.8 | 54.8 | 12.2 | 47.9 | 13.1 | 46.5 | <0.001 |
| Trait Anxiety | 29.5 | 7.0 | 55.9 | 9.6 | 56.5 | 1.9 | 76.3 | <0.001 |
| Intolerance of Uncertainty | 48.3 | 11.3 | 82.4 | 19.4 | 85.2 | 19.5 | 38.7 | <0.001 |