TABLE 2.

Subscale and item matched pair comparisons and Cronbach’s Alphas for the Eating Disorders Examination for the entire sample

Subscale	Item	Male		Female		t	p .172	Effect Size
		Mean (SD)	α	Mean (SD)	α
Dietary restraint		1.82 (1.17)	0.689	2.24 (1.52)	0.841	1.387
	Restraint over eating	2.52 (2.45)		3.15 (2.78)		1.262	.213
	Avoidance of eating	.54 (1.24)		.88 (1.48)		1.226	.226
	Food avoidance	3.00 (2.67)		2.88 (2.54)		0.257	.798
	Dietary rules	2.54 (2.65)		2.63 (2.88)		0.163	.871
	Empty stomach	.50 (1.46)		1.67 (2.28)		3.486	.001**	.50
Eating concern		.95 (1.17)	0.661	1.46 (1.52)	0.802	1.802	.078
	Preoccupation with food	1.19 (2.18)		1.56 (2.23)		0.932	.356
	Fear of losing control over eating	1.27 (2.11)		1.44 (2.18)		0.410	.684
	Social eating	.87 (1.60)		1.74 (2.17)		2.402	.020*	.35
	Eating in secret	.15 (.88)		.60 (1.23)		2.022	.049*
	Guilt about eating	1.19 (1.90)		1.85 (2.17)		1.456	.152
Shape concern		1.76 (1.60)	0.863	2.47 (1.91)	0.903	2.047	.046*	.29
	Flat stomach	2.13 (2.63)		3.38 (2.79)		2.402	0.020*	0.35
	Importance of shape	2.60 (1.99)		3.15 (2.04)		1.338	0.187
	Preoccupation with shape	.88 (1.97)		1.38 (2.11)		1.228	0.226
	Dissatisfaction with shape	1.58 (2.14)		2.33 (2.35)		1.659	0.104
	Fear of weight gain	2.42 (2.65)		2.85 (2.82)		0.888	0.379
	Discomfort seeing body	1.58 (2.17)		2.04 (2.06)		1.026	0.310
	Discomfort exposing body	1.44 (2.09)		2.25 (2.20)		1.946	0.058
	Feelings of fat	1.46 (2.18)		2.35 (2.60)		1.925	0.060
Weight concern		1.52 (1.58)	0.862	2.32 (1.78)	0.860	2.503	0.016**	0.38
	Importance of weight	2.21 (1.92)		2.69 (2.06)		1.220	0.229
	Reaction to prescribed weighing	2.07 (2.34)		2.59 (2.26)		1.390	0.171
	Dissatisfaction with weight	1.33 (1.98)		2.00 (2.16)		1.736	0.089
	Desire to lose weight	1.19 (2.01)		2.32 (2.72)		2.452	0.018*
Global score		1.48 (1.28)	0.930	2.23 (1.60)	0.955	2.660	0.011**	0.40

^*Significant at p < .05 level;

^**Significant after Bonferroni adjustment.