Table 4.
Comparison of clinical characteristics of participants with binge eating disorder across overvaluation groups.
| Binge Eating Disorder | ||||||||
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| No overvaluation N=104 |
Overvaluation N=239 |
ANOVA | ANCOVA Covary OBE frequency | ANCOVA Covary severity | ||||
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| M | sd | M | sd | F | η2 | η2 | η2 | |
| BDI | 10.47 | (7.55) | 16.63 | (8.93) | 37.46*** | .100 | .098 | .095 |
| EDE Restraint | 1.52 | (1.17) | 1.82 | (1.31) | 4.23* | .012 | .012 | .012 |
| EDE Eating Concern | 1.41 | (1.06) | 2.29 | (1.31) | 36.14*** | .096 | .094 | .090 |
| EDE Shape Concern | 2.54 | (1.05) | 3.95 | (0.98) | 142.58*** | .295 | .296 | .293 |
| EDE Weight Concern | 2.29 | (0.76) | 3.54 | (0.97) | 136.15*** | .285 | .284 | .281 |
| RSES | 32.31 | (5.77) | 28.81 | (5.80) | 9.34** | .076 | .081 | .081 |
| MOS SF-36 | ||||||||
| Physical Health T-score | 44.89 | (10.15) | 43.81 | (10.63) | 0.77 | .002 | .002 | .002 |
| Mental Health T-score | 47.80 | (9.37) | 40.65 | (11.61) | 30.37*** | .083 | .081 | .079 |
Note. BDI= Beck Depression Inventory, CIA= Clinical Impairment Assessment, EDE= Eating Disorder Examination, RSES=Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.
*
p<.05,
**
p<.01,
***
p<.001.
F ratios: df ranged from (1, 114) to (1,341) for ANOVAs, and from (1,113) to (1,340) for ANCOVAs adjusting for binge eating frequency and for binge eating severity.