Table 3.
Differences in symptomatology in function of the relationship status, sex and sexual orientation
| Symptomatology | Open to a relationship | Not open to a relationship | Differences between relationship status groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | F | dF | p value† | d | |
| Gay men | ||||||||||
| Drive for thinness | 12.67 | 6.61 | 1.93 | 3.22 | 65.66 | (1, 74) | < 0.001 | 1.92 | ||
| Body dissatisfaction | 48 | 5.15 | 5.89 | 29 | 1.86 | 3.09 | 7.78 | (1, 74) | 0.021 | 0.65 |
| Bulimia | 1.29 | 1.74 | 1.55 | 3.13 | 0.23 | (1, 74) | 1.00 | − 0.11 | ||
| Heterosexual men | ||||||||||
| Drive for thinness | 1.34 | 2.94 | 2.93 | 3.91 | 3.26 | (1, 90) | 0.222 | − 0.46 | ||
| Body dissatisfaction | 47 | 1.19 | 1.91 | 46 | 2.63 | 4.16 | 2.58 | (1, 90) | 0.336 | − 0.44 |
| Bulimia | 1.26 | 2.50 | 2.13 | 2.96 | 1.25 | (1, 90) | 0.801 | − 0.32 | ||
| Heterosexual women | ||||||||||
| Drive for thinness | 6.69 | 5.89 | 5.90 | 5.93 | 0.45 | (1, 156) | 1.00 | 0.13 | ||
| Body dissatisfaction | 51 | 6.90 | 6.00 | 108 | 6.13 | 5.92 | 0.27 | (1, 156) | 1.00 | 0.13 |
| Bulimia | 2.82 | 3.84 | 2.19 | 3.13 | 1.18 | (1, 156) | 0.837 | 0.19 | ||
| Lesbian women | ||||||||||
| Drive for thinness | 1.95 | 4.18 | 3.29 | 4.34 | 1.79 | (1, 66) | 0.558 | − 0.31 | ||
| Body dissatisfaction | 41 | 1.10 | 2.44 | 28 | 4.64 | 6.67 | 9.44 | (1, 66) | 0.009 | − 0.76 |
| Bulimia | 0.34 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 2.02 | 1.61 | (1, 66) | 0.624 | − 0.32 | ||
†p values are adjusted for three comparisons by Bonferroni correction