. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Anxiety Disord. 2013 Aug 6;27(7):10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.07.005. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.07.005

Table 2.

Effect of Attention Retraining versus Placebo Control on BDD Symptoms by Symptom Subscale and Total Score in Study 2

		Pre-Tx Mean (SD)	Post-Tx Mean (SD)	F	p	Partial eta squared (η_p²)
Checking and comparing	Active	3.00(2.26)	2.00(1.49)	5.05(1,18)	.037^*	.22
Checking and comparing	Placebo	3.36(2.80)	3.91(2.66)
Fixing and correcting	Active	2.00(2.00)	1.50(1.90)	1.36(1,18)	.259	.07
Fixing and correcting	Placebo	2.36(2.25)	2.55(2.21)
Weight and shape concerns	Active	1.30(2.21)	1.80(2.62)	1.49(1,18)	.239	.08
Weight and shape concerns	Placebo	1.55(2.66)	1.45(2.42)
Skin picking and hair pulling	Active	2.90(3.32)	2.10(3.28)	.025(1,18)	.877	.001
Skin picking and hair pulling	Placebo	2.00(2.83)	1.45(2.07)
Avoiding and hiding	Active	4.50(2.55)	2.10(1.97)	3.74(1,18)	.069	.17
Avoiding and hiding	Placebo	4.55(1.64)	3.91(2.43)
Seeking cosmetic surgery	Active	.40(.97)	.10(.32)	1.41(1,18)	.250	.07
Seeking cosmetic surgery	Placebo	1.18(2.23)	1.18(2.09)
Beliefs about appearance	Active	4.00(2.36)	2.80(2.30)	8.24(1,18)	.010^*	.31
Beliefs about appearance	Placebo	3.09(2.70)	3.82(3.25)
Total Score	Active	18.10(8.05)	12.40(6.59)	5.50(1,18)	.031^*	.23
Total Score	Placebo	18.09(10.84)	18.27(11.74)

The Table shows means (standard deviations) and the results of the statistical tests (ANCOVAs)

Denotes significance at p ≤ .05.