Table 2. Psychological Ratings.

Psychological ratings of children describing episodes of loss of control during eating (LC) and of children who did not describe episodes of loss of control (No LC). Sample sizes for: Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale and ChEAT: No LC (74); for CBCL Total Competence and Total Score: LC (35)

	LC (37)	No LC (75)	F	P
Trait Anxiety	40.3 ±6.2	36.0 ±7.1	9.9	p = 0.002
CDI Total	10.7 ±7.1	6.8 ±5.6	10.0	p = 0.002
CDI Neg. Mood	2.5 ±2.1	1.4 ±1.4	10.3	p = 0.002
CBCL Competence	16.4 ±3.2	17.8 ±3.8	3.3	n.s.
CBCL Total Score	31.8 ±18.1	28.6 ±18.0	0.7	n.s.
ChEAT	12.8 ±6.9	8.9 ±7.1	7.84.1	Group, p = 0.006 Group × Race, p = 0.044
Body Dissatisfaction	2.2 ±1.3	1.6 ±1.3	4.0	p = 0.048