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Table 1 Means (M), standard deviations (SD), t-values, degrees of freedom (df) and effect sizes (d) of attitudinal measures of body image for Anorexia Nervosa (AN) patients and Healthy Controls (HC)

From: Attitudinal and perceptual factors in body image distortion: an exploratory study in patients with anorexia nervosa

 

HC (n = 28)

AN (n = 30)

 
 

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

t

df

p

d

BMI

23.36

(3.44)

16.42

(1.83)

9.51

40.5

<.001

2.59

Body dissatisfaction variables

Silhouettes

With direction

-1.26

(1.05)

-1.44

(2.91)

3.05

36.87

.38

0.08

Without direction

1.26

(1.05)

2.40

(2.17)

-2.57

42.56

.02

0.67

Body image avoidance

BIAQ Total score

24.04

(6.77)

45.67

(15.66)

-6.91

40.05

<.001

1.8

EDE-Q

Shape concern

1.33

(1.00)

4.36

(1.45)

-9.19

56

<.001

2.46

Weight concern

1.04

(0.91)

3.66

(1.57)

-7.84

47.18

<.001

2.06

Global score

0.80

(0.69)

3.84

(1.38)

10.76

43.27

<.001

2.81

Perfectionism

FMPS Total

93.50

(13.37)

129.63

(21.33)

-7.78

49.19

<.001

2.05

  1. (BMI = Body Mass Index; BIAQ = Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire; EDE-Q = Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire; FMPS = Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale.).
  2. Significance set at p = .05.