Table 3.
Linear regression models examining the impact of expressed emotion on adolescents’ outcomes at the end of treatment
| Critical comments
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Hostility
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Emotional overinvolvement
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Positive remarks
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Warmth
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| B | SE | p | B | SE | p | B | SE | p | B | SE | p | B | SE | p | |
| Percent of expected body weight | |||||||||||||||
| %EBW at baseline | 0.850 | 0.273 | .002 | 0.899 | 0.253 | .001 | 0.954 | 0.275 | .001 | 0.891 | 0.274 | .002 | 0.854 | 0.268 | .002 |
| Treatment | 0.407 | 2.494 | .871 | −18.324 | 5.708 | .002 | 2.308 | 1.948 | .239 | 1.920 | 2.129 | .370 | −0.476 | 2.725 | .862 |
| EE subscale (mother) | −1.881 | 2.488 | .452 | −1.719 | 5.694 | .763 | 2.764 | 1.944 | .158 | 1.928 | 2.095 | .360 | 6.655 | 2.686 | .015 |
| Treatment × EE subscale (mother) | −6.610 | 4.997 | .189 | −44.134 | 11.382 | .0002 | −2.604 | 3.840 | .499 | 2.488 | 4.202 | .555 | 8.308 | 5.378 | .126 |
| %EBW at baseline | 0.893 | 0.290 | .003 | 0.886 | 0.295 | .004 | 1.006 | 0.287 | .001 | 0.832 | 0.291 | .006 | 0.853 | 0.300 | .006 |
| Treatment | −0.993 | 2.780 | .722 | 2.416 | 2.133 | .261 | 0.085 | 2.261 | .970 | 2.200 | 2.079 | .293 | 2.314 | 2.574 | .372 |
| EE subscale (father) | 1.288 | 2.754 | .641 | 3.155 | 7.167 | .661 | 3.977 | 2.225 | .078 | 3.624 | 2.062 | .083 | 1.777 | 2.592 | .495 |
| Treatment × EE subscale (father) | −10.621 | 5.508 | .058 | Not estimated | −9.949 | 4.454 | .028 | −3.830 | 4.104 | .354 | 0.475 | 5.134 | .927 | ||
| Eating disorder psychopathology | |||||||||||||||
| EDE at baseline | 0.334 | 0.073 | .001 | 0.369 | 0.073 | .001 | 0.371 | 0.075 | .001 | 0.362 | 0.074 | .001 | 0.374 | 0.074 | .001 |
| Treatment | −0.643 | 0.268 | .018 | −0.018 | 0.665 | .979 | −0.428 | 0.212 | .046 | −0.361 | 0.227 | .116 | −0.262 | 0.304 | .390 |
| EE subscale (mother) | 0.402 | 0.267 | .135 | 0.723 | 0.658 | .275 | 0.052 | 0.214 | .810 | 0.056 | 0.225 | .805 | −0.052 | 0.299 | .861 |
| Treatment × EE subscale (mother) | −0.772 | 0.527 | .146 | 0.803 | 1.321 | .545 | −0.401 | 0.417 | .339 | −0.302 | 0.456 | .509 | −0.400 | 0.597 | .505 |
| EDE at baseline | 0.332 | 0.073 | .001 | 0.403 | 0.080 | .001 | 0.360 | 0.079 | .001 | 0.359 | 0.081 | .001 | 0.340 | 0.084 | .001 |
| Treatment | −0.635 | 0.281 | .027 | −0.335 | 0.229 | .148 | −0.513 | 0.253 | .046 | −0.428 | 0.231 | .068 | −0.575 | 0.292 | .052 |
| EE subscale (father) | 0.999 | 0.280 | .0006 | −1.233 | 0.786 | .121 | 0.292 | 0.246 | .239 | 0.120 | 0.231 | .604 | −0.053 | 0.274 | .846 |
| Treatment × EE subscale (father) | −0.663 | 0.555 | .236 | Not estimated | −0.388 | 0.495 | .435 | −0.077 | 0.452 | .865 | 0.548 | 0.580 | .348 | ||
Note: Effects for the treatment × paternal hostility interaction could not be estimated owing to problems with multicollinearity.
EBW = expected body weight; EE = expressed emotion; EDE = Eating Disorder Examination.