Table 2.
Comparison and correlations of BMI, eating behavior and psychological profile in patients with anorexia nervosa and their mothers
| AN | r | Statistically significant correlations with other scales of mother § | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daughters | Mothers | |||
| BMI | 16.9 ± 3.2 | 26.3 ± 4.1** | .29 | H (−.37), BDI (−.43) |
| Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2) | ||||
| Drive for Thinness (DT) | 14.3 ± 6.8 | 3.4 ± 4.8** | −.37* | P (−.39),MF (−.44), A (−.42), IR (−.60), EDI-2 (−.43) |
| Bulimia (B) | 3.2 ± 4.7 | 0.2 ± 0.7* | −.18 | |
| Body Dissatisfaction (BD) | 14.4 ± 7.1 | 7 ± 6.1** | −.13 | P (−.62), MF (−.36), EDI-2 (−.43), DR (−.37) |
| Ineffectiveness (I) | 10.6 ± 8.6 | 2.4 ± 3.7** | .09 | MF (−.36) |
| Perfectionism (P) | 10.7 ± 4.2 | 4.5 ± 4** | −.41* | BD (−.39) |
| Interpersonal Distrust (ID) | 8.9 ± 5.5 | 3.0 ± 3.5** | .19 | |
| Interoceptive Awareness (IA) | 13.7 ± 7.6 | 3.3 ± 4.8** | .13 | P (−.39) |
| Maturity Fears (MF) | 11.7 ± 7.1 | 3.7 ± 3.2** | −.32 | P (−.38), EOT (−.45) |
| Ascetism (A) | 8.9 ± 5.4 | 3.1 ± 2.4** | −.11 | P (−.49) |
| Impulse Regulation (IR) | 13.1 ± 7.4 | 4.3 ± 4.7** | −.12 | P (−.54) |
| Social Insecurity (SI) | 10 ± 5.6 | 3.1 ± 2.8** | −.12 | MF (−.36) |
| EDI-2 Total (EDI-2) | 119.5 ± 51 | 38.1 ± 26** | −.28 | P (−.52), MF (−.39) |
| Depression (BDI) | 26.7 ± 12.1 | 14.7 ± 9** | −.07 | P (−.42) |
| Anxiety (BAI) | 26.5 ± 15.3 | 16.9 ± 12.2* | .30 | |
| Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) | ||||
| Difficulties in Identifying and Describing Feelings (DIDF) | 47.5 ± 14.8 | 27.1 ± 16** | .12 | MF (−.50) |
| Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT) | 10.0 ± 4.4 | 8.0 ± 4.7 | .05 | B (.48) |
| TAS Total (TAS) | 57.6 ± 17.3 | 35.1 ± 17.3** | .06 | P (−.36), MF (−.45) |
| Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) | ||||
| Dietary Restraint (DR) | 16.5 ± 4.1 | 7.1 ± 4.2** | −.20 | DT (−.42), P (−.50), A (−.55), IR (−.63), EDI-2 (−.45) |
| Disinhibition (D) | 4.9 ± 3.1 | 5.1 ± 3.4 | −.16 | DT (−.39) |
| Hunger (H) | 3.9 ± 3.0 | 3.8 ± 2.4 | .29 | I (.37) |
Data are shown as media ± standard deviation
* p < .05, ** p < .001
§ Correlations between the daughter’s score on this scale and the mother’s score on other scales of the questionnaires