TABLE 1.
Eating disorder symptoms and PMS domains Pearson correlations
| BD | BE | Purging | Restriction | Depressed mood |
Anxiety | Affective lability |
Decreased interest |
Concentration | Fatigue | Appetite changes |
Anger | Sleep | Overwhelmed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depressed mood | .29 | .18 | .20 | .32 | ||||||||||
| Anxiety | .21 | .19 | .17 | .29 | .66 | |||||||||
| Affective lability | .25 | .19 | .15 | .23 | .58 | .58 | ||||||||
| Decreased interest | .15 | .13 | .07 | .21 | .55 | .51 | .51 | |||||||
| Concentration | .20 | .27 | .19 | .26 | .54 | .52 | .42 | .61 | ||||||
| Fatigue | .25 | .20 | .04 | .23 | .53 | .53 | .55 | .61 | .59 | |||||
| Appetite changes | .32 | .34 | .14 | .16 | .40 | .41 | .54 | .46 | .44 | .57 | ||||
| Anger | .11 | .09 | .07 | .10 | .48 | .51 | .75 | .52 | .38 | .49 | .50 | |||
| Sleep | .22 | .22 | .12 | .29 | .51 | .50 | .45 | .56 | .57 | .66 | .59 | .41 | ||
| Overwhelmed | .21 | .18 | .23 | .37 | .65 | .55 | .51 | .52 | .58 | .45 | .41 | .43 | .57 | |
| Physical symptoms | .23 | .20 | .05 | .24 | .43 | .47 | .51 | .45 | .41 | .56 | .57 | .50 | .53 | .45 |
Note: The bold terms indicate significance at the .01 level (two-tailed).
Abbreviations: BD, body dissatisfaction; BE, binge eating; PMS, premenstrual symptoms.