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

Table 2.

Comparisons between the High and the Low EHQ groups

High EHQ
N = 37		 Low EHQ
N = 225		 F(d.f.)/OCI-R TOTAL in covariate(d.f.) p value
OCI-R TOTAL in covariate		 Partial Eta squared/OCI-R TOTAL in covariate

EDI Risk

Mean (SD)

 27.73 (20.43) 20.44 (17.11) 5.45(1)/11.11(2) 0.02/0.001 0.021/0.08

Drive for Thinness

Mean (SD)

 9.14 (7.33) 5.07 (6.01) 13.66(1)/15.10(2) 0.001/0.001 0.05/0.10

Bulimia

Mean (SD)

 6.95 (6.33) 4.04 (4.73) 10.86(1)/10.95(2) 0.001/0.001 0.04/0.08

Body Dissatisfaction

Mean (SD)

 11.65 (9.57) 11.34 (9.09) 0.04(1)/5.40(2) ns/0.01 −/0.04

Low Self-Esteem

Mean (SD)

 5.27 (4.62) 4.90 (4.79) 0.19(1)/6.90(2) ns/0.001 −/0.05

Personal Alienation

Mean (SD)

 7.08 (4.61) 5.06 (4.28) 6.95(1)/17.10(2) 0.01/0.001 0.026/0.12

Interpersonal Insecurity

Mean (SD)

 10.70 (5.86) 7.44 (5.64) 10.51(1)/12.65(2) 0.001/0.001 0.039/0.09

Interpersonal Alienation

Mean (SD)

 9.05 (4.99) 6.35 (4.52) 11.06(1)/16.75(2) 0.001/0.001 0.04/0.12

Interoceptive Deficits

Mean (SD)

 9.62 (6.86) 5.97 (5.71) 12.27(1)/23.58(2) 0.001/0.001 0.045/0.15

Emotional Dysregulation

Mean (SD)

 6.73 (5.36) 4.15 (4.73) 9.99(1)/14.31(2) 0.002/0.001 0.037/0.10

Perfectionism

Mean (SD)

 7.86 (3.79) 6.51 (4.45) 3.05(1)/13.27(2) ns/0.001 −/0.09

Asceticism

Mean (SD)

 7.95 (4.48) 4.45 (3.58) 28.03(1)/21.46(2) 0.001/0.001 0.10/0.14

Maturity Fears

Mean (SD)

 10.68 (6.21) 8.98 (5.82) 2.65(1)/7.45(2) ns/0.001 −/0.05

OCI Total

Mean (SD)

 17.30 (13.93) 11.63 (11.07) 7.70(1) 0.006 0.029

OCI Washing

Mean (SD)

 2.95 (3.33) 1.52 (2.14) 11.78(1) 0.001 0.043

OCI Checking

Mean (SD)

 2.59 (2.70) 1.81 (2.28) 3.53(1) ns 0.013

OCI Ordering

Mean (SD)

 3.59 (3.47) 2.39 (2.79) 5.50(1) 0.02 0.021

OCI Obsessing

Mean (SD)

 3.68 (3.28) 2.57 (2.85) 4.59(1) 0.03 0.017

OCI Hoarding

Mean (SD)

 3.35 (3.15) 2.28 (2.53) 5.27(1) 0.023 0.02

OCI Mental Neutralizing

Mean (SD)

 1.14 (1.65) 1.05 (1.97) 0.06(1) ns 0.000

WDQ Total

Mean (SD)

 42.51 (19.01) 34.05 (17.87) 7.00(1)/36.12(2) 0.01/0.001 0.03/0.22

WDQ Relationship

MEAN (SD)

 7.54 (4.17) 6.62 (4.72) 1.24(1)/17.08(2) ns/0.001 0.005/0.12

WDQ Lack of Confidence

Mean (SD)

 8.81 (4.77) 7.27 (4.62) 3.52(1)/27.24(2) ns/0.001 0.01/0.17

WDQ Aimless Future

Mean (SD)

 9.08 (4.59) 7.28 (3.72) 5.77(1)/26.71(2) 0.02/0.001 0.02/0.17

WDQ Work Incompetence

Mean (SD)

 9.35 (4.59) 7.20 (3.72) 9.89(1)/24.46(2) 0.002/0.001 0.04/0.16

WDQ Financial

Mean (SD)

 7.73 (4.75) 5.67 (4.04) 7.82(1)/25.87(2) 0.01/0.001 0.03/0.17

PSWQ

Mean (SD)

 47.86 (13.08) 44.48 (12.04) 2.45(1)/17.59(2) ns/0.001 −/0.12

MPS Total

Mean (SD)

 103.46 (17.99) 93.42 (20.57) 7.83(1)/23.04(2) 0.006/0.001 0.03/0.15

MPS Personal Standard

Mean (SD)

 24.62 (5.44) 21.49 (5.59) 10.04(1)/7.52(2) 0.002/0.001 0.04/0.06

MPS Concern over Mistakes

Mean (SD)

 25.51 (7.51) 22.58 (7.33) 5.05(1)/19.88(2) 0.03/0.001 0.02/0.13

MPS Doubting of Action

Mean (SD)

 12.49 (3.31) 10.24 (3.31) 14.69(1)/30.82(2) 0.001/0.001 0.05/0.19

MPS Parental Expectations

Mean (SD)

 10.92 (3.94) 10.40 (4.64) 0.41(1)/10.42(2) ns/0.001 −/0.07

MPS Parental Criticism

Mean (SD)

 8.30 (2.92) 7.76 (3.17) 0.93(1)/13.79(2) ns/0.001 −/0.10

MPS Organization

Mean (SD)

 21.62 (4.44) 20.95 (5.20) 0.55(1)/1.29(2) ns/ns −/−

BAI

Mean (SD)

 12.62 (10.26) 11.12 (9.00) 0.86(1)/22.25(2) ns/0.001 −/0.15

BDI-II

Mean (SD)

 9.73 (7.21) 8.04 (8.06) 1.44(1)/19.78(2) ns/0.001 −/0.13

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; d.f. degrees of freedom; SD Standard Deviation