TABLE 3.
Means and Standard Deviations for the Cognitive Behavioral and Wait-List Control Groups on the Dependent Variables, and Results From the Pairwise Comparisons
| Dependent Variable | Baseline (Week 1) M (SD) |
Termination (Week 4) M (SD) |
1-Month Follow-up (Week 8) M (SD) |
3-Month Follow-up (Week 16) M (SD) |
6-Month Follow-up (Week 28) M (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body dissatisfaction | |||||
| Wait-list controls | 27.97 (8.33) | 28.89 (8.19) | 28.97 (8.97) | 29.67 (9.34) | |
| CBT | 31.97 (8.94)a | 27.13 (9.91)b | 27.90 (9.01)b | 29.19 (10.35)b | 26.57 (10.09)b |
| Negative affect | |||||
| Wait-list controls | 31.23 (13.76) | 35.91 (16.40) | 31.39 (14.28) | 34.91 (15.59) | |
| CBT | 35.56 (12.16)a | 28.12 (12.24)b | 32.19 (12.03)b | 28.51 (15.15)b | 34.23 (16.36) |
| Depressive symptoms | |||||
| Wait-list controls | 11.77 (9.29) | 12.09 (11.19) | 10.12 (10.79) | 12.61 (13.06) | |
| CBT | 13.78 (9.36)a | 9.28 (8.13)b | 13.35 (9.64) | 9.45 (10.16)b | 13.40 (13.21) |
| Dieting | |||||
| Wait-list controls | 32.34 (8.82)a | 30.20 (8.77) | 28.15 (9.1 l)b | 28.56 (8.70)b | |
| CBT | 27.59 (8.78)a | 23.43 (9.83)b | 24.39 (9.52)b | 24.58 (8.71)b | 24.53 (9.63)b |
| Bulimic symptoms | |||||
| Wait-list controls | 18.94 (9.97) | 18.43 (9.41) | 17.50 (11.50) | 17.85 (11.48) | |
| CBT | 17.16 (10.85)a | 12.29 (10.70)b | 13.41 (10.41)b | 14.03 (12.05)b | 15.37 (13.27) |
Note. Means within the same row with different subscripts were statistically significantly different (p ≤ .05). Cell sizes were n = 35 for the control group and n = 38 for the intervention group.