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. 2023 Feb 10;11:e14880. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14880

Table 2. A correlation matrix between overall Eating Attitude Test-26 scores and potential independent variables among patients with feeding and eating disorders (N = 102).

Variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1. Age
2. Gender −0.05
3. MS 0.41*** −0.17
4. EL 0.12 0.34 0.12
5. Income 0.53*** −0.37 0.49* 0.02
6. BMI −0.17 −0.13 −0.03 −0.05 0.05
7. PPS (F) 0.09 0.14 −0.04 −0.04 −0.05 −0.18
8. PPS (M) 0.07 0.01 0.04 0.08 −0.07 −0.11 0.19*
9. APS (F) −0.11 0.10 −0.15 −0.00 −0.04 −0.06 −0.20* 0.08
10. APS (M) −0.01 0.09 0.03 0.03 −0.01 −0.00 0.06 −0.15 0.36***
11. A/FPS (F) −0.22* 0.04 −0.05 0.10 −0.22* 0.15 0.04 0.01 −0.13 0.03
12. A/FPS (M) −0.16 0.19 −0.10 0.17 −0.24* −0.26** 0.14 0.21* 0.06 −0.13 0.14
13. OCS −0.16 0.11 −0.12 0.07 −0.14 0.00 −0.04 −0.09 0.49*** 0.46*** −0.06 −0.00
14. ACS −0.14 0.07 −0.10 0.08 −0.04 0.01 −0.03 −0.08 0.50*** 0.51*** −0.03 −0.01 0.83***
15. EAT-26 −0.14 0.21* −0.11 0.06 −0.10 0.09 0.05 −0.02 0.53*** 0.59*** 0.03 0.03 0.76*** 0.77***

Notes:

Point-biserial correlation coefficient, Pearson’s r, Spearman’s ρ, Gamma, and Cramer’s V were used to examine the correlations between study variables.

ACS, avoidance coping style; A/FPS, authoritative/flexible parenting style; APS, authoritarian parenting style; BMI, body mass index; EAT-26, the 26-item Eating Attitude Test; EL, education level; F, father; M, mother; MS, marital status; OCS, overcompensation coping style; PPS, permissive parenting style.

*

p < 0.05.

**

p < 0.01.

***

p < 0.001.