Table 4.

Correlations between the three factors of the Meanings of Anorexia Nervosa Questionnaire (MANQ) and participants’ clinical data, eating psychopathology, and personality

	Factor 1 Intrapsychic	Factor 2 Relational	Factor 3 Avoidance
BMI	0.06	0.10	0.01
Age	−0.01	−0.02	0.22*
Age of onset	−0.06	−0.24*	0.11
Duration of illness	0.03	0.11	0.17
Duration of treatment, months	0.14	0.15	0.13
Duration of psychotherapy, number of sessions	−0.01	0.19	0.04
Number of prior hospitalizations	−0.01	0.08	0.33**
BDI	0.32**	0.34**	0.32**
ANSOCQ	−0.43**	−0.01	−0.07
EDI-2
Drive for thinness	0.44**	0.25*	0.17
Bulimia	−0.09	0.29**	0.22*
Body dissatisfaction	0.22*	0.19	0.32**
Ineffectiveness	0.34**	0.28**	0.29**
Perfectionism	0.29**	0.22*	0.26**
Interpersonal distrust	0.28*	0.14	0.23*
Interoceptive awareness	0.23*	0.33**	0.35**
Maturity fears	0.21	0.28**	0.16*
Asceticism	0.41**	0.4**	0.22*
Impulse regulation	0.29**	0.45**	0.19
Social insecurity	0.24*	0.22*	0.3**
TCI
Novelty seeking	0.01	0.1	−0.01
Harm avoidance	0.28**	0.2	0.34**
Reward dependence	−0.18	−0.01	−0.21
Persistence	0.14	0.01	−0.07
Self-directedness	−0.37**	−0.38**	−0.27*
Cooperativeness	−0.14	−0.19	−0.05
Self-transcendence	−0.14	0.05	−0.01

*p <0.05. **p < 0.01

Legend: BMI Body Mass Index, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, EDI-2 Eating Disorders Inventory-2, TCI Temperament and Character Inventory, ANSOCQ Anorexia Nervosa Stages of Change Questionnaire