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. 2019 Apr 2;10:663. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00663

Table 3.

Correlations between EDFLIX, BRIEF-A Shift, EDDS, and BMI in individuals with EDs (n = 207).

EDFLIX total EDFLIX-GF EDFLIX-FoEx EDFLIX-WeSh
ED total (n = 207)
BMI (kg/m2) 0.31** 0.10 0.43** 0.21**
BRIEF-A shift -0.62** -0.68** -0.37** -0.33**
EDDS symptom composite score -0.08 -0.10 0.05 -0.21**
Shape and weight (Item 3) -0.34** -0.24** -0.23** -0.43**
Binge eating (Item 6) 0.24** 0.11 0.35** 0.05
Compensatory behaviors (Items 13,14,16) -0.25** -0.19** -0.18** -0.28**
AN (n = 114)
BMI (kg/m2) 0.10 0.02 0.14 0.10
BRIEF-A shift -0.57** -0.61** -0.34** -0.30**
EDDS symptom composite score -0.20* -0.21* -0.05 -0.25**
Shape and weight (Item 3) -0.43** -0.29** -0.36** -0.46**
Binge eating (Item 6) 0.02 -0.04 0.11 -0.04
Compensatory behaviors (Items 13,14,16) -0.22* -0.23* -0.09 -0.23*
BN (n = 61)
BMI (kg/m2) 0.09 -0.08 0.31* -0.04
BRIEF-A shift -0.73** -0.76** -0.45** -0.31*
EDDS symptom composite score -0.31* -0.17 -0.25 -0.35**
Shape and weight (Item 3) -0.39** -0.24 -0.25 -0.52**
Binge eating (Item 6) -0.01 -0.02 0.06 -0.13
Compensatory behaviors (Items 13,14,16) -0.40** -0.19 -0.45** -0.32*
BED (n = 32)
BMI (kg/m2) -0.04 -0.10 0.06 -0.03
BRIEF-A shift -0.74** -0.82** -0.37* -0.49**
EDDS symptom composite score -0.52** -0.28 -0.54** -0.45**
Shape and weight (Item 3) -0.18 -0.12 -0.05 -0.38*
Binge eating (Item 6) 0.03 0.10 0.03 -0.15
Compensatory behaviors (Items 13,14,16) -0.64** -0.39* -0.70** -0.40*

BMI, body mass index; ED, eating disorder; AN, anorexia nervosa; BN, bulimia nervosa; BED, binge eating disorder; EDFLIX-GF, general flexibility (items 1–17); EDFLIX-FoEx, food and exercise flexibility (items 18–30); EDFLIX-WeSh, weight and shape flexibility (items 31–36). BRIEF Shift, the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function Shift subscale. ∗∗Pearson’s correlation is significant at the 0.01 level, Pearson’s correlation is significant at the 0.05 level; Pearson’s r effect sizes = small (0.10), medium (0.30), and large (0.50). Bold figures in the table mark r ≥ 0.30 (i.e., effect sizes medium and above).