Table 3.

Means and standard deviations of sample characteristics and relevant early maladaptive schema (EMS) and schema domains.

	BN (N = 29)		BED (N = 30)		NC (N = 30)		Statistics
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	p	Post hoc
Age (in years)	27.00	8.41	30.48	8.50	26.83	6.17	2.149	0.123	F-BN = F-BED = F-NC
BMI (in kg/m2)	24.30	7.01	28.61	7.21	21.45	2.11	11.252	<0.001	F-BED > F-BN = F-NC
BDI-II	22.33	10.58	19.74	9.04	2.90	2.76	49.751	<0.001	F-BN = F-BED > F-NC
EDE-Q
Restraint eating	3.93	1.40	2.42	1.90	0.39	0.57	61.984	<0.001	F-BN > F-BED > F-NC
Eating concern	3.55	1.50	2.61	1.45	0.10	0.13	61.905	<0.001	F-BN > F-BED > F-NC
Weight concern	4.60	1.43	4.41	1.20	0.76	0.89	95.038	<0.001	F-BN = F-BED > F-NC
Shape concern	4.26	1.48	3.79	1.28	0.54	0.83	78.497	<0.001	F-BN = F-BED > F-NC
Subscales YSQ
Emotional inhibition	2.79	1.19	2.86	1.05	1.45	0.61	19.650	<0.001	F-BN = F-BED > F-NC
Unrelenting standards	4.67	1.09	4.50	0.87	2.47	1.06	30.318	<0.001	F-BN = F-BED > F-NC
Schema domains
Impaired autonomy, achievement∗	3.67	0.99	3.43	1.00	1.62	0.58	48.634	<0.001	F-BN = F-BED > F-NC
Disconnection∗	3.78	0.91	3.23	0.67	1.99	0.69	27.380	<0.001	F-BN = F-BED > F-NC
Exaggerated vigilance	3.69	0.95	3.52	0.68	1.97	0.53	48.847	<0.001	F-BN = F-BED > F-NC

M, mean; SD, standard deviation; N, number; BN, females with a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa; BED, females with a diagnosis of binge eating disorder; NC, females without a diagnosis of eating disorders; BMI, body mass index (kg/m²); BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; YSQ-S2, Young Schema Questionnaire – Short version. ^∗ BMI as covariate exerted a significant influence on the following domains: Disconnection F(1,89) = 4.454, p = 0.038; impaired autonomy F(1,89) = 8.055, p = 0.006.