TABLE 1.

Psychological evaluation of the participants divided by trauma history at the admission to the ward

		M− n = 38	M+ n = 40	t	p	d
EDE‐Q
	Restraint	3.07 (2.05)	4.30 (1.59)	−2.820	0.006	0.671
	Eating concern	3.32 (1.56)	3.99 (1.13)	−2.090	0.040	0.494
	Shape concern	4.28 (1.49)	4.87 (1.02)	−1.933	0.058	0.462
	Weight concern	3.82 (1.60)	4.35 (1.42)	−1.495	0.139	0.350
	Global	3.57 (1.44)	4.38 (0.99)	−2.782	0.007	0.656
SCL‐90R
	Depression	2.21 (0.69)	2.61 (0.54)	−2.786	0.007	0.646
	Anxiety	1.80 (0.83)	2.28 (0.75)	−2.715	0.008	0.607
	Psychoticism	1.49 (0.66)	1.35 (0.73)	0.879	0.382	0.201
	Obsessive‐compulsive	2.24 (0.82)	2.09 (0.75)	0.826	0.412	0.191
	Somatisation	1.65 (0.88)	1.79 (0.70)	−0.827	0.411	0.176
	Interpersonal sensitivity	2.24 (0.79)	2.14 (0.92)	0.491	0.625	0.117
	Hostility	1.32 (0.72)	1.16 (0.81)	0.881	0.381	0.209
	Phobic anxiety	1.39 (0.98)	1.07 (0.79)	1.581	0.118	0.360
	Paranoid ideation	1.72 (0.91)	1.63 (0.86)	0.486	0.628	0.102
	GSI	1.68 (0.58)	2.08 (0.50)	−3.204	0.002	0.739
	PTSD	2.39 (0.83)	2.62 (0.74)	−1.334	0.186	0.292
CTQ
	Emotional abuse	5.47 (1.06)	12.45 (4.65)	−9.237	<0.001	2.070
	Physical abuse	5.08 (0.27)	7.38 (3.64)	−3.983	<0.001	0.891
	Sexual abuse	5.03 (0.16)	7.93 (4.63)	−3.960	<0.001	0.882
	Emotional neglect	6.95 (1.79)	15.68 (5.20)	−10.011	<0.001	2.245
	Physical neglect	5.16 (0.44)	7.70 (2.64)	−5.998	<0.001	1.342
	Total score	27.68 (2.82)	51.13 (13.38)	−10.833	<0.001	2.425

Note: M−: subgroup with no history of trauma; M+: subgroup with history of trauma. Significant differences were reported with bold characters.

Abbreviations: CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; d, Cohen's d; EDE‐Q, eating disorder examination questionnaire; GSI, global severity index; PTSD, posM‐traumatic stress disorder.