Table 3.
Eating disorder characteristics among competitive cheerleaders (n = 19). Mean and standard deviation (SD) scores taken from the EDI-3 survey.
| Classification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Score | Low Clinical | Typical Clinical | Elevated Clinical | |||||
| Mean | SD | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Eating Disorders Risk Scale | ||||||||
| Drive for Thinness | 5.94 | 6.67 | 17 | 89.5 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulimia | 1.05 | 1.43 | 18 | 94.7 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Body Dissatisfaction | 10.36 | 8.22 | 17 | 89.5 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Eating Disorder Risk Composite | 97.47 | 17.75 | 19 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Psychological Scale | ||||||||
| Low Self-Esteem | 2.36 | 2.89 | 17 | 89.5 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Personal Alienation | 3.52 | 2.83 | 18 | 94.7 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Interpersonal Insecurity | 6.89 | 3.87 | 8 | 42.1 | 11 | 57.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Interpersonal Alienation | 4.78 | 4.32 | 15 | 78.9 | 3 | 15.8 | 1 | 5.3 |
| Interceptive Deficits | 5.21 | 6.81 | 17 | 89.5 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 5.3 |
| Emotional Dysregulation | 3.26 | 4.05 | 13 | 68.4 | 5 | 26.3 | 1 | 5.3 |
| Perfectionism | 12.52 | 5.91 | 8 | 42.1 | 6 | 31.6 | 5 | 26.3 |
| Asceticism | 3.42 | 3.22 | 17 | 89.5 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Maturity Fears | 8.31 | 4.33 | 7 | 36.8 | 8 | 42.1 | 4 | 21.1 |
| Composite | ||||||||
| Ineffectiveness Composite | 66.10 | 8.15 | 18 | 94.7 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Interpersonal Problems Composite | 82.21 | 12.40 | 14 | 73.7 | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 5.3 |
| Affective Problems Composite | 76.89 | 15.25 | 17 | 89.5 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 5.3 |
| Over control Composite | 81.52 | 14.72 | 14 | 73.7 | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 5.3 |
| General Psychological Maladjustment | 353.05 | 44.76 | 17 | 89.5 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |