Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Measure | Participant Group | Statistical Comparisons | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN-C (n = 22) |
AN-WR (n = 18) |
HC (n = 19) |
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| Mean(SD) | Range | Mean(SD) | Range | Mean(SD) | Range | F(2,56) | p | Ƞ2 | |
| Age | 27.59(7.65) | 20–45 | 30.22(8.08) | 22–47 | 27.89(5.99) | 21–43 | 0.74 | 0.48 | 0.03 |
| Body Mass Index | 17.64(1.49) | 14.64–20.31 | 22.84(2.73) | 19.20–28.49 | 22.52(2.42) | 19.1–26.6 | 35.24 | <.001^† | 0.56 |
| BSQ | 134.32(37.66) | 59–196 | 114.00(37.91) | 54–189 | 58.16(22.30) | 30–112 | 27.46 | <.001*^ | 0.50 |
| Depression (QIDS-CR) | 6.68(5.28) | 0–16 | 5.11(4.36) | 0–15 | 1.58(2.09) | 0–7 | 7.75 | 0.001*^ | 0.22 |
| Anxiety (SIGH-A) | 10.27(8.72) | 0–29 | 8.33(6.64) | 0–20 | 2.26(2.79) | 0–8 | 7.80 | 0.001*^ | 0.22 |
| Alexithymia (TAS) | 55.50(13.35) | 25–75 | 52.06(11.30) | 30–71 | 38.26(9.69) | 25–58 | 12.11 | <.001*^ | 0.30 |
| Eating Attitudes Test | 39.00(17.94) | 1–66 | 15.72(9.87) | 0–38 | 3.32(3.94) | 0–12 | 43.62 | <.001*^† | 0.61 |
| Self-Liking | 16.36(5.79) | 9–32 | 18.61(6.37) | 8–32 | 31.32(6.15) | 23–40 | 34.48 | <.001*^ | 0.55 |
| Self-Competence | 21.82(5.84) | 8–37 | 24.39(4.47) | 13–31 | 29.11(5.30) | 19–39 | 9.84 | <.001*^ | 0.26 |
| IPSAQ EB | −3.41(5.35) | −14–6 | 1.39(4.73) | −10–9 | 4.58(4.14) | −2–12 | 14.44 | <.001^† | 0.34 |
| IPSAQ PPB | 0.55(0.35) | 0.13–1.00 | 0.48(0.29) | 0.00–1.00 | 0.50(0.25) | 0.00–0.88 | 0.35 | 0.70 | 0.01 |
| IPSAQ NPB | 0.60(0.29) | 0.00–1.00 | 0.70(0.23) | 0.15–1.00 | 0.54(0.24) | 0.25–1.00 | 1.50 | 0.23 | 0.05 |
AN-C = women with anorexia nervosa; AN-WR = women in weight recovery after anorexia nervosa; HC = healthy control women. BSQ = Body Shape Questionnaire; QIDS-CR = Quick Inventory of Depression Symptoms; SIGH-A = Structured Interview for Hamilton Anxiety Scale; TAS= Toronto Alexithymia Scale; IPSAQ = Internal, Personal, and Situational Attribution Questionnaire; EB = externalizing bias; PPB = positive personalizing bias; NPB = negative personalizing bias
*
AN-WR differs from HC (p < 0.05)
^
AN-C differs from HC (p < 0.05)
†
AN-C differs from AN-WR (p < 0.05)