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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics as well as emotional skills of the study sample

From: Alexithymia predicts maladaptive but not adaptive emotion regulation strategies in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa or depression

 

HC

AN

MD

ANOVA

post-hoc tests

n = 35

n = 26

n = 25

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

F2,83

p

ηp2

Age

15.2 (1.8)

15.2 (1.7)

14.7 (1.6)

1.0

n.s.

.03

 

IQ

105.9 (10.3)

106.6 (15.0)

110.9 (12.5)

1.2

n.s.

.03

 

BMI

19.8 (2.0)

15.4 (1.2)

21.4 (4.9)

28.0

< .001

.40

AN < HC = MD

BMI-percentile (age-corrected)

36.0 (22.0)

0.8 (1.2)

49.2 (32.4)

32.5

< .001

.44

AN < HC = MD

Depressive symptoms

4.4 (3.8)

23.8 (9.7)

27.3 (13.2)

55.9

< .001

.57

HC < AN = MD

Alexithymia

40.4 (6.2)

54.7 (8.1)

57.1 (8.3)

45.1

< .001

.52

HC < AN = MD

Emotion regulation strategies

 Adaptive strategies

131.6 (25.9)

111.8 (30.0)

104.4 (25.6)

8.2

.001

.16

HC > AN = MD

 Maladaptive strategies

76.5 (15.7)

92.4 (15.0)

99.2 (13.8)

18.4

< .001

.31

HC < AN = MD

  1. HC Healthy controls, AN Anorexia nervosa, MD Major depression, IQ Intelligence quotient, BMI Body mass index, M Mean, SD Standard deviation; post-hoc t-tests were all significant with p < .01
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Journal of Eating Disorders

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