Table 4.
Comparison of the DERS scores between different ED subtypes.
| Adjusted means and standard deviations | ANOVA adjusted by age, education and sex | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN (n = 30) | BN (n = 54) | BED (n = 20) | OSFED (n = 30) | Significant pairwise comparisons | |||||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Contrast | MD | t | p | |d| | |
| Non acceptance of emotional responses | 16.39 | 7.52 | 19.61 | 6.00 | 17.99 | 6.46 | 19.36 | 7.59 | AN-BN | −3.22 | 2.01 | 0.047 | 0.50* |
| Difficulties engaging in goal directed behavior | 14.43 | 4.81 | 17.23 | 5.11 | 15.64 | 3.80 | 17.30 | 4.99 | AN-BN | −2.80 | 2.43 | 0.017 | 0.56* |
| AN-OSFED | −2.87 | 2.16 | 0.032 | 0.59* | |||||||||
| Impulse control difficulties | 14.22 | 5.58 | 16.57 | 5.49 | 15.62 | 6.64 | 17.06 | 7.18 | − | − | − | − | − |
| Lack of emotional awareness | 18.07 | 5.43 | 17.99 | 4.86 | 19.82 | 5.46 | 17.63 | 4.95 | − | − | − | − | − |
| Limited access to emotion regulation strategies | 20.00 | 7.52 | 25.37 | 7.91 | 24.21 | 7.52 | 24.46 | 9.14 | AN-BN | −5.37 | 2.79 | 0.006 | 0.70* |
| AN-OSFED | −4.46 | 2.01 | 0.046 | 0.53* | |||||||||
| Lack of emotional clarity | 14.41 | 5.45 | 14.96 | 4.86 | 15.16 | 4.69 | 15.40 | 5.19 | − | − | − | − | − |
| Total score | 97.52 | 30.08 | 111.74 | 24.91 | 108.45 | 23.19 | 111.20 | 30.73 | AN-BN | −14.22 | 2.19 | 0.030 | 0.51* |
MD, mean difference; SD, standard deviation; |d|, Cohen's d; AN, anorexia; BN, bulimia nervosa; BED, binge eating disorder; OSFED, other specified eating and feeding disorders.
*
Medium (d > 0.50) and large (d > 0.80) effect sizes.