Table 2.
Psychological evaluation of the sample.
| HEW n = 382 |
BIW n = 74 |
Lesbian n = 50 |
HEM n = 236 |
BIM n = 40 |
Gay n = 48 |
H | p η2p |
Post-Hoc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHQ9 | 8.77 (4.84) | 11.13 (5.02) | 9.70 (4.75) | 6.98 (4.49) | 7.65 (4.55) | 6.85 (3.90) | 56.797 | <0.001 0.067 |
BIW > HEW (p = 0.001) HEW > HEM (p < 0.001) BIW > HEM (p < 0.001) BIW > BIM (p = 0.002) BIW > Gay (p < 0.001) |
| EAT26 tot | 9.14 (10.17) | 12.74 (13.19) | 10.94 (9.25) | 5.26 (4.57) | 4.22 (3.67) | 7.65 (4.57) | 73.780 | <0.001 0.073 |
HEW > HEM (p < 0.001) HEM > BIM (p = 0.011) BIW > HEM (p < 0.001) BIW > BIM (p < 0.001) Lesbian > HEM (p < 0.001) |
| FPS | 3.57 (0.47) | 3.82 (0.39) | 3.73 (0.36) | 3.52 (0.60) | 3.90 (0.55) | 4.36 (0.32) | 112.111 | <0.001 0.144 |
BIW > HEW (p = 0.003) BIW > HEM (p < 0.001) BIM > HEW (p = 0.002) Gay > HEW (p < 0.001) Gay > BIW (p < 0.001) Gay > Lesbian (p < 0.001) Gay > HEM (p < 0.001) Gay > BIM (p < 0.001) |
| BAOP | 19.72 (3.73) | 20.68 (3.64) | 20.42 (4.08) | 20.37 (4.46) | 20.77 (1.94) | 18.69 (2.36) | 22.251 | 0.014 0.017 |
Gay < HEM (p = 0.004) |
HEW: heterosexual women; BIW: bisexual women; HEM: heterosexual men; BIM: bisexual men; PHQ9: physical health questionnaire; EAT: eating attitude test; FPS: fat phobia scale, BAOP: beliefs about obese person. H: Kruskal–Wallis test for the evaluation of the distribution of variables with Pairwise Comparisons with Bonferroni correction.