Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 6 Changes in emotional state after self-injurious behaviour

From: Self-injurious behaviour in patients with anorexia nervosa: a quantitative study

Emotional state^a	All SIB acts^b (n = 107)					Individual participant (n = 56)
Emotional state^a	Before	After	z-value	p-value^b	r	Before	After	z-value	p-value^b	r
Feeling happy	1.00 [1.00–1.00]	1.00 [1.00–1.00]	−4.27^c	<.001	−.29	1.00 [1.00–1.00]	1.00 [1.00–1.00]	−2.49^c	.013	−.24
Feeling relieved	1.00 [1.00–1.00]	3.00 [2.00–4.00]	−7.89^c	<.001	−.54	1.00 [1.00–1.00]	2.50 [2.00–4.00]	−5.83^c	<.001	−.55
Feeling nervous	2.00 [1.00–3.00]	2.00 [1.00–3.00]	−1.05^d	.29	−.07	2.50 [1.00–3.00]	2.00 [1.00–3.00]	−1.28^d	.20	−.12
Feeling bored	1.00 [1.00–1.00]	1.00 [1.00–1.00]	−2.92^d	.003	−.20	1.00 [1.00–2.00]	1.00 [1.00–1.00]	−1.80^d	.07	−.17
Angry at myself	5.00 [4.00–5.00]	4.00 [3.00–5.00]	−5.70^d	<.001	−.39	5.00 [4.00–5.00]	3.50 [2.00–5.00]	−3.53^d	<.001	−.33
Angry at another	2.00 [1.00–3.00]	1.00[1.00–2.00]	−4.81^d	<.001	−.33	2.00 [1.00–3.75]	1.00 [1.00–2.00]	− 3.94^d	<.001	−.37
Feeling anxious	4.00 [2.00–5.00]	3.00 [2.00–4.00]	−3.84^d	<.001	−.26	4.00 [2.00–4.00]	3.00 [2.00–4.00]	−3.60^d	<.001	−.34
Feeling sad	4.00 [3.00–5.00]	4.00 [3.00–5.00]	−4.25^d	<.001	−.29	4.00 [3.00–5.00]	3.50 [2.00–4.75]	−2.96^d	.003	−.28
Feeling guilty	4.00 [2.00–5.00]	4.00 [3.00–5.00]	−1.05^c	.30	−.07	3.00 [2.00–5.00]	4.00 [2.25–5.00]	− 1.09^d	.28	−.10

The range for the assessment of each emotional state is 1 = not at all; 2 = a bit; 3 = moderately; 4 = much; 5 = very much; p-value in bold is statistically significant and clinically relevant change
SIB Self-injurious behaviour
^aVariables are denoted as median [inter quartile range]
^bDifferences in emotional state before and after SIB were tested with the Wilcoxon signed rank test
^cbased on negative ranks
^dbased on positive ranks

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