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. 2021 Feb 10;26(8):2577–2588. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01110-x

Table 1.

Correlations and partial correlations between the Eating Habits Questionnaire and the demographic features and questionnaires

EHQ-Total EHQ-Total
W/O
OCI-R Total
EHQ-P EHQ-P. W/O
OCI-R Total
EHQ-K EHQ-K. W/O
OCI-R Total
EHQ-F EHQ-F
W/O
OCI-R Total
Cronbach’s
Alpha
Age

− 0.02

ns

− 0.04

ns

− 0.03

ns

0.04

Ns

BMI

0.06

ns

0.08

ns

0.01

ns

0.04

ns

EDI-3 .95
 Drive for Thinness

.35

 < 0.001

.30

 < 0.001

.36

 < 0.001

.29

 < 0.001

.16

 < 0.01

.14

 < 0.05

.31

 < 0.001

.30

 < 0.001

.82
 Bulimia

.22

 < 0.001

.20

 < 0.01

.25

 < 0.001

.22

 < 0.001

.06

ns

.07

ns

.18

 < 0.01

.19

 < 0.01

.82
 Body Dissatisfaction

.11

ns

.04

ns

.10

ns

.02

ns

.00

ns

− .04

ns

.18

 < 0.01

.15

 < 0.05

.86
 EDI-Risk

.26

 < 0.001

.19

 < 0.01

0.26

 < 0.001

.18

 < 0.01

0.08

ns

.05

ns

0.28

 < 0.001

.24

 < 0.001

 Low Self-Esteem

.00

ns

− .04

ns

.09

ns

.04

ns

− .16

 < 0.01

− .17

 < 0.01

.01

ns

.00

ns

.84
 Personal Alienation

.10

ns

.02

ns

.21

 < 0.001

.16

 < 0.05

− .11

 < 0.05

− .12

ns

.07

ns

− .02

ns

.72
 Interpersonal Insecurity

.09

ns

.02

ns

.19

 < 0.01

.12

ns

− .06

ns

− .11

ns

.03

ns

− .02

ns

.80
 Interpersonal Alienation

.14

 < 0.05

.05

ns

.23

 < 0.001

.14

 < 0.05

− .01

ns

− .08

ns

.04

ns

− .01

ns

.73
 Interoceptive Deficits

.24

 < 0.001

.20

 < 0.01

.31

 < 0.001

.23

 < 0.001

.04

ns

.04

ns

.20

 < 0.01

.20

 < 0.001

.82
 Emotional Dysregulation

.16

 < 0.01

.10

ns

.22

 < 0.001

.15

 < 0.05

.00

ns

− .02

ns

.11

ns

.08

ns

.77
 Perfectionism

.25

 < 0.001

.18

 < 0.01

.21

 < 0.001

.10

ns

.21

 < 0.001

.19

 < 0.01

.19

 < 0.01

.17

 < 0.01

.71
 Asceticism

.36

 < 0.001

.32

 < 0.001

.38

 < 0.001

.30

 < 0.001

.19

 < 0.01

.19

 < 0.01

.27

 < 0.001

.28

 < 0.001

.60
 Maturity Fears

.07

ns

.06

ns

.16

 < 0.01

.13

 < 0.05

− .09

ns

− .07

ns

.04

ns

.04

ns

.77
OCI-R
 OCI-R Total

.31

 < 0.001

.36

 < 0.001

.12

 < 0.05

.21

 < 0.001

.91
 OCI-R Washing

.32

 < 0.001

.35

 < 0.001

.17

 < 0.01

.22

 < 0.001

.76
 OCI-R Checking

.27

 < 0.001

.32

 < 0.001

.12

 < 0.05

.17

 < 0.01

.71
 OCI-R Ordering

.24

 < 0.001

.27

 < 0.001

.12

 < 0.05

.17

 < 0.01

.84
 OCI-R Obsessing

.25

 < 0.001

.27

 < 0.001

.11

ns

.20

 < 0.01

.80
 OCI-R Hoarding

.18

 < 0.01

.24

 < 0.001

.03

ns

.10

ns

.73
 OCI-R Mental Neutralizing

.13

 < 0.05

.20

 < 0.01

− .02

ns

.08

ns

.76
WDQ
 WDQ Total

.20

 < 0.001

.12

ns

.24

 < 0.001

.13

 < 0.05

− .02

ns

− .06

ns

.26

 < 0.001

.22

 < 0.001

.94
 WDQ Relationship

.09

ns

.04

ns

.14

 < 0.05

.06

ns

− .07

ns

− .09

ns

.15

 < 0.01

.13

 < 0.05

.82
 WDQ Lack of Confidence

.15

 < 0.05

.08

ns

.17

 < 0.01

.08

ns

− .03

ns

− .06

ns

.21

 < 0.001

.18

 < 0.01

.86
 WDQ Aimless Future

.16

 < 0.01

.08

ns

.19

 < 0.01

.08

ns

− .02

ns

− .06

ns

.21

 < 0.001

.18

 < 0.01

.77
 WDQ Work Incompetence

.26

 < 0.001

.17

 < 0.01

.29

 < 0.001

.18

 < 0.01

.05

ns

.02

ns

.26

 < 0.001

.23

 < 0.001

.75
 WDQ Financial

.21

 < 0.001

.11

ns

.23

 < 0.001

.12

 < 0.05

.02

ns

− .04

ns

.25

 < 0.001

.19

 < 0.01

.69
PSWQ

.15

 < 0.01

.08

ns

.15

 < 0.01

.06

ns

.00

ns

− .03

ns

.22

 < .0.001

.20

 < 0.01

.92
MPS
 MPS Total

.37

 < 0.001

.28

 < 0.001

.30

 < 0.001

.18

 < 0.01

.28

 < 0.001

.26

 < 0.001

.33

 < 0.001

.28

 < 0.001

.93
 MPS Personal Standard

.34

 < 0.001

.31

 < 0.001

.23

 < 0.001

.18

 < 0.01

.35

 < 0.001

.34

 < 0.001

.30

 < 0.001

.27

 < 0.001

.83
 MPS Concern over Mistakes

.28

 < 0.001

.20

 < 0.001

.25

 < 0.001

.12

 < 0.05

.18

 < 0.01

.17

 < 0.01

.24

 < 0.001

.22

 < 0.001

.90
 MPS Doubting of Action

.32

 < 0.001

.27

 < 0.001

.31

 < 0.001

.23

 < 0.001

.16

 < 0.01

.15

 < 0.05

.31

 < 0.001

.29

 < 0.001

.77
 MPS Parental Expectations

.23

 < 0.001

.16

 < 0.05

.21

 < 0.001

.09

ns

.14

 < 0.05

.14

 < 0.05

.22

 < 0.001

.20

 < 0.01

.88
 MPS Parental Criticism

.21

 < 0.001

.12

ns

.24

 < 0.001

.13

 < 0.05

.08

ns

.05

ns

.16

 < 0.01

.10

ns

.74
 MPS Organization

.13

 < 0.05

.07

ns

.07

ns

.01

ns

.18

 < 0.05

.15

 < 0.05

.09

ns

.05

ns

.89
BAI

.13

 < 0.05

.04

ns

.14

 < 0.05

.01

ns

.00

ns

− .04

ns

.18

 < 0.05

.15

 < 0.05

.90
BDI-II

.10

ns

.01

ns

.16

 < 0.01

.04

ns

− .04

ns

− .06

ns

.07

ns

.02

ns

.90

EHQ-21 Eating Habits Questionnaire; EHQ-P Eating Habits Questionnaire-Problems; EHQ-K Eating Habits Questionnaire-Knowledge; EHQ-F Eating Habits Questionnaire-Feelings; EDI-3 Eating Disorder Inventory-3; EDI-Risk Risk for Eating Disorder considering the “Drive for Thinness”, “Bulimia” and “Body Dissatisfaction” subscales; OCI-R Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised; WDQ Worry Domains Questionnaire; PSWQ Penn State Worry Questionnaire; MPS Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale; BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-II; W/O Controlling for the OCI-R effect