Table 2.
Descriptive and comparative results of anxiety, depression and eating symptomatology.
| Groups | Student's t | Levene's test | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OB-BED (n = 48) | OB (n = 54) | |||||||||
| M (SD) | M(SD) | t | d.f | p | d | F | d.f | p | ||
| DASS-21 | Depression | 19.46(11.84) | 13.47(11.77) | 2.55 | 99 | .0062 | 0.51 | 1.08 | (1.99) | .3010 |
| Anxiety | 15.29(8.99) | 10.41(10.21) | 2.55 | 100 | .0062 | 0.51 | 0.51 | (1.100) | .4759 | |
| Stress | 20.79(8.96) | 17.04(10.31) | 1.95 | 100 | .0270 | 0.39 | 1.76 | (1.100) | .1873 | |
| Total | 55.54(24.59) | 41.28(27.64) | 2.73 | 99 | .0038* | 0.55 | 1.97 | (1.99) | .1634 | |
| EDE-Q | Shape concern | 4.79(1.04) | 3.49(1.53) | 5.04 | 99 | <.0001* | 0.99 | 11.42 | (1.99) | .0010 |
| Weight concern | 4.05(1.09) | 2.95(1.44) | 4.38 | 100 | <.0001* | 0.86 | 6.18 | (1.100) | .0146 | |
| Eating concern | 3.17(1.33) | 1.40(1.20) | 7.08 | 100 | <.0001* | 1.40 | 0.06 | (1.100) | .8013 | |
| Restraint | 2.24(1.55) | 2.29(1.37) | 0.16 | 99 | .8720 | -0.03 | 0.85 | (1.99) | .3586 | |
| Total | 3.58(0.94) | 2.53(1.12) | 5.08 | 99 | <.0001* | 1.02 | 1.38 | (1.99) | .2430 | |
| EEQ | Total | 21.52(4.37) | 12.37(5.38) | 9.36 | 100 | <.0001* | 1.87 | 2.85 | (1.100) | .0947 |
Notes. DASS-21: Short form of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales; EDE-Q: Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire; EEQ: Emotional Eater Questionnaire.
*
p < .005 (corrected alpha value).