Table 3.

Spearman’s rank-order correlations between quality of life and eating disorder psychopathology, eating disorder behaviours, depression severity, anxiety level and motivational stages of change

	SF-36 v2	Physical functioning	Physical role functioning	Bodily pain	General health	Vitality	Social functioning	Emotional role functioning	Mental health
SCOFF	−0.204**	−0.002	−0.141*	−0.129	−0.154*	−0.120	−0.204**	−0.189**	−0.204**
Global EDE-Q5	−0.428**	−0.254**	−0.276**	−0.239**	−0.327**	−0.341**	−0.350**	−0.323**	−0.418**
Dieting	−0.165*	−0.069	−0.066	−0.118	−0.149*	−0.170*	−0.118	−0.104	−0.208**
Vomiting	−0.036	0.019	−0.002	−0.051	−0.025	−0.012	−0.032	−0.088	−0.040
Bingeing	0.084	0.120	0.109	0.190*	0.185*	0.107	0.051	−0.153*	−0.038
Laxative misuse	−0.167*	−0.172*	−0.109	−0.249**	−0.094	−0.060	−0.061	−0.122	−0.113
Compulsive exercise	−0.053	0.256**	0.017	−0.163*	0.036	0.048	−0.262**	−0.059	−0.098
EDI-3	−0.573**	−0.266**	−0.354**	−0.295**	−0.421**	−0.476**	−0.424**	−0.472**	−0.602**
BDI-II	−0.715**	−0.375**	−0.437**	−0.314**	−0.537**	−0.611**	−0.553**	−0.561**	−0.742**
BAI	−0.592**	−0.292**	−0.393**	−0.409**	−0.372**	−0.379**	−0.482**	−0.493**	−0.567**
MSCARED	0.113	0.168*	0.018	0.071	0.208**	0.209**	0.017	−0.037	0.146*

*Significance P<0.05, ** Significance P<0.01.

SF-36v2, The 36-item Short Form Health Survey version 2; SCOFF, The SCOFF Questionnaire.

EDE-Q5, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire version 5; EDI-3, Eating Disorder Inventory version 3.

BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory version 2; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory.

MSCARED, The Motivational Stages of Change for Adolescents Recovering from an Eating Disorder.