TABLE 1.
Comparison of scores of EDI among female college students of different majors.
| Major | ① (N = 249) | ② (N = 124) | ③ (N = 74) | ④ (N = 199) | F | LSD |
| EDI | 44.81 ± 18.78 | 42.19 ± 17.94 | 50.07 ± 23.80 | 47.66 ± 19.22 | 3.42∗ | ③>①∗∗, ③>②∗, ④>②∗ |
| DT | 4.23 ± 4.10 | 4.19 ± 4.29 | 8.13 ± 5.62 | 5.48 ± 4.47 | 16.52∗∗∗ | ③>①∗∗∗, ③>②∗∗∗, ③>④∗∗∗ ④>①∗∗, ④>②∗ |
| BD | 11.59 ± 6.19 | 10.33 ± 5.76 | 11.82 ± 5.51 | 13.07 ± 6.51 | 5.28∗∗ | ③>①∗, ③>②∗∗∗ |
| Bulimia | 2.08 ± 2.65 | 2.04 ± 2.45 | 3.31 ± 5.00 | 2.07 ± 2.63 | 3.73∗ | ③>①∗∗, ③>②∗∗, ③>④∗∗ |
EDI, eating disorder inventory; DT, drive for thinness; BD, body dissatisfaction; ①, medicine; ②, science and engineering; ③, art; ④, liberal arts; ∗p<0.05 (two-tailed), ∗∗p<0.01 (two-tailed), and ∗∗∗p<0.001 (two-tailed).