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Table 2 Means (M), standard deviations (SD), t-values, degrees of freedom (df) and effect sizes (d) of perceptual 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)

 

Variable

M

SD

M

SD

t

df

p

d

Body size estimation (Light Beam Apparatus)

With direction of inaccuracy

% estimation accuracy - waist

115.84

18.35

135.68

33.78

2.81

45.36

.007

0.74

% estimation accuracy - hips

120.45

16.06

137.50

44.19

1.98

36.10

.055

0.51

% estimation accuracy - thigh

104.36

19.10

136.61

53.66

3.09

36.68

.004

0.8

% global estimation accuracy

113.55

14.85

136.60

41.65

2.84

36.71

.007

0.74

Without direction of accuracy

% estimation accuracy - waist

20.36

12.91

40.23

28.00

3.51

41.41

.001

0.92

% estimation accuracy - hips

21.56

14.48

43.22

38.40

2.88

37.58

.007

0.75

% estimation accuracy - thigh

15.65

11.43

44.60

46.99

3.27

32.66

.003

0.85

% global estimation accuracy

16.88

10.74

42.13

35.83

3.69

34.50

.001

0.96

Excluding Left-handers

HC (n = 27)

AN (n = 26)

 

Angle paradigm task

All parallel tasks accuracy

9.19

5.00

9.07

4.57

0.09

51.00

.463

0.03

Exploration time

11.69

4.40

24.60

13.41

4.67

30.15

.0001

1.33

All mirror tasks accuracy

6.60

2.53

6.25

2.76

0.47

51.00

.321

0.13

Exploration time

11.15

4.30

23.46

13.23

4.52

30.06

.0001

1.29

All tasks accuracy

7.89

3.15

7.66

3.09

0.27

51.00

.394

0.08

Exploration time

11.42

4.12

24.03

12.66

4.84

30.05

<.0001

1.38

Right hand tasks

Right parallel tasks accuracy

9.34

5.30

10.01

4.53

0.49

51.00

.312

0.14

Exploration time

12.16

4.44

24.31

12.39

4.72

31.11

<.0001

1.34

Right mirror tasks accuracy

7.44

3.95

6.96

4.74

0.40

51.00

.347

0.11

Exploration time

11.15

4.27

23.86

12.52

4.91

30.54

<.0001

1.4

Right hand tasks accuracy

8.39

3.59

8.49

3.94

0.09

51.00

.463

0.03

Exploration time

11.65

3.97

24.08

11.60

5.18

30.58

<.0001

1.47

Left hand tasks

Left parallel tasks

9.03

6.27

8.12

5.96

0.54

51.00

.295

0.15

Exploration time

11.22

4.66

24.88

14.93

4.46

29.67

.0001

1.27

Left mirror tasks accuracy

5.76

2.73

5.55

2.34

0.30

51.00

.384

0.08

Exploration time

11.16

4.76

23.05

14.83

3.90

29.91

.0005

1.11

Left hand tasks accuracy

7.40

3.59

6.84

3.19

0.60

51.00

.276

0.17

Exploration time

11.19

4.45

23.97

14.22

4.38

29.68

.0001

1.25

  1. Significance set at p = .05.