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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2018 Mar 27;105:36–42. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2018.03.008

Table 3. Mealtime Cognitions Predicting Eating Disorder Symptoms at One Month Follow-Up.

Drive for thinness Bulimic symptoms Body dissatisfaction
Fears of Weight gain/Feelings of Fatness
Fear of wt gain .26* ns ns
Felt fat .23* ns ns
Preoccupation with Thinness .26* ns ns

Perfectionism thoughts
Concern about mistakes ns .12* ns
High Standards ns ns ns

Note.

**

p<.001,

*

p< .05;

Time 1 symptoms are controlled for meaning that all relationships are over and above initial reports of eating disorder symptoms; fear of wt gain = I felt worried about gaining weight during the meal; Felt fat = I felt fat during the meal; Preoccupation with Thinness = I am preoccupied with the desire to be thinner; Concern about mistakes = I was concerned about making mistakes during the meal; High Standards = I had high standards for myself during the meal; compensatory behaviors = vomiting or compensatory behaviors.