Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the final sample divided by intervention group (IG) and waitlist control group (WG). Values show means (M) and standard deviations (SD) or number of individuals (N) and percentage (%).
| IG (N = 28) |
WG (N = 29) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | M (SD) | M (SD) | p |
| Age (in years) | 27.0 (7.52) | 31.0 (14.0) | 0.191 |
| Body mass index (in kg/m2)* | 22.1 (2.97) | 23.9 (4.44) | 0.087 |
| Years of education | 17.0 (2.63) | 16.5 (2.85) | 0.479 |
| Self-compassion | 2.92 (0.56) | 2.94 (0.67) | 0.834 |
| Perceived stress | 21.0 (6.35) | 19.0 (6.35) | 0.232 |
| Sadness eating | 3.24 (0.61) | 3.39 (0.65) | 0.372 |
| Anxiety eating | 2.81 (0.66) | 2.62 (0.63) | 0.261 |
| Anger eating | 2.87 (0.53) | 2.87 (0.60) | 0.987 |
| Overall emotional eating | 2.97 (0.44) | 2.96 (0.52) | 0.906 |
| Variable | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Sex (female) | 25 (89.3) | 23 (79.3) | 0.306 |
| Currently dieting | 18 (64.3) | 14 (48.3) | 0.227 |
*
One participant was excluded from analyses due to being an outlier in BMI (BMI > 40; > 2SD), which lead to BMI baseline differences.