Preliminary examination of a mentor-based program for eating disorders

Table 1 Demographic information on matched and unmatched mentees

	Matched	Unmatched	t or Χ ²	p
Age (year born)	1982 (8.64)	1980 (9.34)	0.71	.48
International status	19%	20%	0.04	.85
Ethnicity (Caucasian)	90.9%	88.6%	3.38	.64
Self-reported diagnosis
AN	62%	49%	1.85	.17
BN	29%	37%	0.67	.42
BED	10%	16%	0.84	.36
EDNOS	41%	35%	0.50	.48
EDDS total	1.77 (0.67)	1.50 (0.97)	1.65	.10
Length of time at MC			0.51	.92
Less than 3 months	33%	37%
3 – 6 months	26%	29%
7 – 12 months	22%	18%
More than 1 year	19%	16%

Note: International status refers to the percentage of the sample born outside the United States. Self-reported diagnosis – participants were asked to endorse the diagnosis they most closely identified with and could choose more than 1 disorder. For age born and EDDS total the Means (Standard Deviations) are reported. MC – MentorCONNECT; EDDS – Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale. Matched mentee group N = 58; unmatched mentee group N = 49.

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