Table 1.

Mean (M), standard deviation (SD), and Cronbach’s alpha (α) for the male and female samples

	Male			Female
	α	M	SD	α	M	SD
1. Psychological control mother	.83	1.61	.47	.82	1.62	.47
2. Psychological control father	.80	1.52	.45	.79	1.58	.46
3. Maladaptive perfectionism	.93	2.59	.76	.88	2.58	.66
4. Eating disorder	.92	2.43	1.02	.89	2.73**	.97
5. Exercise dependence	.95	11.66**	13.02	.94	7.67	9.89

Note: ** value significantly higher between gender for p < .01.