Table 1.
Description of the clusters in terms of number of participants, percentages, homogeneity coefficient (hc), and unstandardized mean values and standard deviations for the RiBED items at T1 (and at T2 in parentheses). Comparison on RiBED items by MANOVA
Clusters | RiBED-8 items | ||||||||||||
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Number | Percent | hc | I diet | I throw up | I’m afraid of not being able to stop eating | Desire to lose weight that has taken over | Uncomfortable when I eat with others | ||||||
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||||
No eating problems | 247 (194) | 50.4 (40.2) | 0.27 (0.25) | 1.10a (1.29a) | 0.31 (0.52) | 1.00a (1.01a) | 0.00 (0.10) | 1.23a (1.00a) | 0.42 (0.00) | 1.13a (1.17a) | 0.33 (0.38) | 1.08a (1.00a) | 0.28 (0.00) |
Social eating problems | 37 (80) | 7.5 (16.6) | 0.84 (0.72) | 1.32a (1.40a) | 0.53 (0.54) | 1.00a (1.01a) | 0.00 (0.11) | 1.57b (1.39b) | 0.50 (0.49) | 2.00b (1.48a) | 0.67 (0.57) | 2.81d (2.29b) | 0.66 (0.58) |
Fear of not being able to stop eating | 56 (72) | 11.4 (14.9) | 1.03 (0.49) | 1.93b (1.51a) | 0.76 (0.56) | 1.00a (1.00a) | 0.00 (0.00) | 2.93d (2.32c) | 0.63 (0.55) | 1.86b (1.38a) | 0.70 (0.49) | 1.59b (1.06a) | 0.53 (0.23) |
Weight concerns | 73 (46) | 14.9 (9.5) | 0.58 (0.93) | 2.12b,c (2.41b) | 0.47 (0.86) | 1.00a (1.00a) | 0.00 (0.00) | 1.38a,b (1.41b) | 0.49 (0.58) | 2.40c (3.22c) | 0.64 (0.59) | 1.18a (1.24a) | 0.38 (0.48) |
Multiple eating problems without purging | 30 (48) | 6.1 (9.9) | 1.60 (1.50) | 3.13d (2.58b,c) | 0.57 (0.74) | 1.00a (1.00a) | 0.00 (0.00) | 2.67d (3.21d) | 0.99 (0.62) | 3.37e (2.65b) | 0.67 (0.91) | 2.60d (2.23b) | 0.93 (0.93) |
Multiple eating problems including purging | 34 (38) | 6.9 (7.9) | 2.57 (2.22) | 2.32c (2.82c) | 1.04 (0.77) | 2.09b (2.29b) | 0.29 (0.46) | 2.06c (2.37c) | 0.92 (0.97) | 2.76d (2.66b) | 0.92 (0.88) | 2.15c (2.42b) | 0.92 (0.79) |
Means with different superscripts differ significantly, according to post-hoc tests by Tukey HSD