Table 2. Valence and arousal ratings of body words and neutral words in females scoring high or low on the three diagnostically relevant subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory.

	Body	Neutral
High Body Dissatisfaction
Valence	4.2 (0.64)	5.3 (0.42)
Arousal	3.8 (1.03)	2.21 (1.09)
Low Body Dissatisfaction
Valence	4.9 (0.82)	5.4 (0.71)
Arousal	3.3 (1.37)	2.83 (1.42)
High Bulimia
Valence	4.2 (0.67)	5.3 (0.39)
Arousal	3.5 (1.23)	2.04 (0.86)
Low Bulimia
Valence	4.8 (0.82)	5.5 (0.68)
Arousal	3.6 (1.25)	2.86 (1.44)
High Drive for Thinness
Valence	4.0 (0.61)	5.3 (0.47)
Arousal	3.9 (0.91)	2.12 (0.94)
Low Drive for Thinness
Valence	4.9 (0.72)	5.4 (0.64)
Arousal	3.38 (1.34)	2.75 (1.42)

Note: For valence and arousal, ratings ranged from 1 (extremely negative valence, extremely low arousal) to 9 (extremely positive valence, extremely high arousal).