Change in emotion regulation during the course of treatment predicts binge abstinence in guided self-help dialectical behavior therapy for binge eating disorder

Table 3 Mean change in emotion regulation scores among participants who were binge abstinent versus non-abstinent at each follow-up

	Abstinent at post-treatment			Abstinent at 4-month follow-up			Abstinent at 5-month follow-up			Abstinent at 6-month follow-up
	Full sample, with imputed data (N=60)
	Yes	No	*t; Cohen’s d*	Yes	No	*t; Cohen’s d*	Yes	No	*t; Cohen’s d*	Yes	No	*t; Cohen’s d*
	(n= 23)	(n= 37)	*t; Cohen’s d*	(n= 26)	(n= 34)	*t; Cohen’s d*	(n= 26)	(n= 34)	*t; Cohen’s d*	(n= 24)	(n= 36)	*t; Cohen’s d*
DERS post-treatment change	−30.19 (27.20)	−10.39 (19.91)	−3.25*; .83	−31.19 (30.03)	−7.88 (12.97)	−3.70*; 1.01	−28.27 (26.91)	−10.12 (19.96)	−3.00*; .77	−29.12 (28.45)	−10.56 (18.92)	−3.04*; .77
	Treatment completers only, without imputed data ( N =33-39)
	Yes	No	*t; Cohen’s d*	Yes	No	*t; Cohen’s d*	Yes	No	*t; Cohen’s d*	Yes	No	*t; Cohen’s d*
	( n = 19-23)	( n = 17-18)	*t; Cohen’s d*	( n = 18-20)	( n = 15-17)	*t; Cohen’s d*	( n = 18-20)	( n = 15-17)	*t; Cohen’s d*	( n = 16-18)	( n = 17-19)	*t; Cohen’s d*
DERS post-treatment change	−31.57 (27.01)	−16.79 (24.98)	−1.75; .57	−38.89 (32.44)	−12.26 (13.75)	−3.16*; 1.07	−34.67 (29.22)	−17.33 (25.87)	−1.79; .63	−36.75 (31.23)	−17.41 (23.22)	−2.03; .70

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