Table 3.
Comparison and correlations of BMI, eating behavior and psychological profile in patients with bulimia nervosa and their mothers
| BN | r | Statistically significant correlations with other scales of mother§ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daughters | Mothers | |||
| BMI | 22.2 ± 3.2 | 26.0 ± 6.5** | .51** | BD (.39) |
| Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2) | ||||
| Drive for Thinness (DT) | 16.7 ± +4.4 | 3.4 ± 4.1** | .18 | |
| Bulimia (B) | 9.8 ± 7.0 | 0.3 ± 1.0** | .07 | |
| Body Dissatisfaction (BD) | 19.1 ± 7.3 | 6.3 ± 5.9** | −.01 | |
| Ineffectiveness (I) | 11.9 ± 8.5 | 2.3 ± 2.3** | −.22 | |
| Perfectionism (P) | 10.5 ± 4.1 | 4.4 ± 3.6** | .05 | |
| Interpersonal Distrust (ID) | 7 ± 5.6 | 2.7 ± 3.2** | .20 | |
| Interoceptive Awareness (IA) | 13.1 ± 7.5 | 2.9 ± 3.1** | .04 | |
| Maturity Fears (MF) | 9.5 ± 6.9 | 4.2 ± 3.2** | .15 | |
| Ascetism (A) | 9.7 ± 5 | 4.6 ± 2.8** | .03 | SI (.39) |
| Impulse Regulation (IR) | 12.8 ± 7 | 3.3 ± 3.5** | .19 | BAI (.39) |
| Social Insecurity (SI) | 9.4 ± 6.3 | 3 ± 2.9** | .06 | |
| EDI-2 Total (EDI-2) | 129.5 ± 51.7 | 37.5 ± 21.7** | .10 | |
| Depression (BDI) | 27.6 ± 10.8 | 12.0 ± 8** | .27 | |
| Anxiety (BAI) | 30.0 ± 11 | 11.6 ± 9.3** | .12 | |
| Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) | ||||
| Difficulties in Identifying and Describing Feelings (DIDF) | 43.6 ± 14.2 | 27.8 ± 16.7** | .19 | EOT (−.53) |
| Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT) | 10.6 ± 5 | 6.4 ± 3.5* | −.16 | |
| TAS Total (TAS) | 54.2 ± 17.1 | 34.3 ± 17.7** | .03 | EOT (−.49) |
| Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) | ||||
| Dietary Restraint (DR) | 15.1 ± 4.3 | 8.3 ± 3.9** | .21 | |
| Disinhibition (D) | 10 ± 4.0 | 4.5 ± 3.5** | −.02 | DR (−.38) |
| Hunger (H) | 7.4 ± 4.4 | 4.3 ± 2.6* | −.14 | |
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