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Table 2 Results of linear regression models predicting adolescent girls’ depression, anxiety and eating disorder symptomatology

From: Anorexia nervosa during COVID-19: loss of personal control and alexithymia as important contributors to symptomatology in adolescent girls

Dependent Variable

Predictor

B

SE

β

t

p

CI B

R2

Anxiety symptoms (BAI)

COV-AN

Loss of Control

0.36

1.61

0.03

0.22

0.825

 − 2.89–3.61

0.69

 

COV-AN

Media Use

0.47

1.45

0.04

0.32

0.749

 − 2.45–3.38

 
 

COV-AN

Body Dissatisfaction

1.62

1.61

0.15

1.01

0.318

 − 1.61–4.86

 
 

BDI-II

0.54

0.14

0.66

3.95

 < 0.001

0.26–0.81

 
 

PAQ (Alexithymia)

0.04

0.04

0.09

0.80

0.427

 − 0.05–0.12

 
 

Group

 − 2.11

3.19

 − 0.08

 − 0.66

0.511

 − 8.53–4.31

 

Depression symptoms (BDI-II)

COV-AN

Loss of Control

3.01

1.46

0.20

2.06

0.045

0.06–5.95

0.82

 

COV-AN

Media Use

0.30

1.37

0.02

0.22

0.830

 − 2.47–3.06

 
 

COV-AN

Body Dissatisfaction

0.34

1.54

0.03

0.22

0.828

 − 2.76–3.43

 
 

BAI

0.48

0.12

0.39

3.95

 < 0.001

0.24–0.73

 
 

PAQ (Alexithymia)

0.11

0.04

0.22

2.72

0.009

0.03–0.18

 
 

Group

8.72

2.74

0.28

3.18

0.003

3.20–14.24

 

Eating disorder symptoms (EDI-II)

COV-AN

Loss of Control

 − 8.52

6.51

 − 0.11

 − 1.31

0.197

 − 21.64–4.60

0.89

 

COV-AN

Media Use

6.17

5.84

0.07

1.06

0.297

 − 5.61–17.94

 
 

COV-AN

Body Dissatisfaction

3.28

6.55

0.05

0.50

0.619

 − 9.92–16.48

 
 

BAI

1.92

0.60

0.29

3.20

0.003

0.71–3.14

 
 

BDI-II

2.79

0.64

0.53

4.40

 < 0.001

1.51–4.07

 
 

PAQ (Alexithymia)

0.48

0.18

0.18

2.68

0.010

0.12–0.84

 
 

Group

6.89

12.92

0.04

0.53

0.597

 − 19.15–32.92

 
  1. BAI Beck’s Anxiety Inventory, BDI-II Beck’s Depression Inventory-2, EDI-II Eating Disorder Inventory-2, PAQ Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire, COV-AN COVID-19 Anorexia Questionnaire