Table 4.

Correlation matrix for each group between depressive symptoms, eating behaviors, body esteem, self-esteem, quality of life, self-determination, and motivation to regulate eating behaviors.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
(1) Dep. symptoms	—	−0.022	0.370	0 .481 ∗	−0.708***	−0.649***	−0.613***	−0.668***	−0.702***	0.642∗∗∗	0.647∗∗∗	0.184
(2) Dietary restraint	−0.332	—	−0.046	0.027	0.061	0.080	0.167	0.148	0.284	−0.014	−0.045	−0.081
(3) Disinhibition	0.004	−0.086	—	0 .420 ∗	−0.357	0.294	−0.407∗	−0.428*	−0.444*	0.409*	0.053	0.143
(4) Hunger	0.354	−0.523*	0.493*	—	−0.563***	−0.456*	−0.507*	−0.356	−0.421*	0.589**	0.292	0.336
(5) Self-esteem	−0.132	0.236	0.186	0.116	—	0.706***	0.681***	0.720***	0.631***	−0.758***	−0.416*	−0.141
(6) BE-appearance	−0.088	0.041	−0.167	0.112	0.333	—	0.638***	0.727***	0.568**	−0.759***	−0.433*	−0.106
(7) BE-weight	−0.062	0.022	−0.103	0.037	0.311	0.854***	—	0.567**	0.588**	−0.665***	−0.494*	−0.241
(8) Quality of life	−0.163	0.180	0.056	0.118	0.550***	0.699***	0.463*	—	0.590**	−0.806***	−0.503*	−0.367
(9) Self-determination	−0.648**	0.283	0.266	−0.152	0.301	0.195	0.179	0.305	—	−0.505*	−0.594**	−0.387
(10) Introjected mot.	0.248	0.096	0.090	0.217	−0.421	−0.374	−0.367	−0.285	−0.297	—	0.530**	0.196
(11) External mot.	0.111	0.184	0.340	0.065	−0.455*	0.023	0.024	−0.098	0.206	0.261	—	0.452∗
(12) Amotivation	0.068	−0.081	−0.258	0.074	−0.112	0.112	−0.050	0.160	−0.062	0.080	0.025	—

^∗ P < 0.05, ^∗∗P < 0.01, ^∗∗∗P < 0.001. Notes. Higher depressive symptoms group above the diagonal; Lower depressive symptoms group below the diagonal.