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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Interpretation bias modification to reduce body dissatisfaction – a randomized controlled pilot study in women with elevated weight and shape concerns

 

Intervention group

Control group

 

Pre-assessment

Post-assessment

Pre-assessment

Post- assessment

t-statistic pre-assessment comparisons

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

Age (years) (ni = 18; nc = 20)

22.61 (2.97)

23.40 (5.75)

t(36) = 0.52; p = .61

Body Mass Index (kg/m2) (ni = 18; nc = 20)

22.52 (1.85)

21.52 (1.63)

t(36) = − 1.77; p = .09

Body image-related negative interpretation bias

 SST assessment version (ni = 14; nc = 19)

0.55 (0.22)

0.44 (0.22)

0.60 (0.26)

0.57 (0.31)

t(31) = 0.62; p = .54

Body dissatisfaction

 Trait

  BSQ (ni = 18; nc = 20)

3.12 (0.91)

2.85 (0.87)

3.47 (0.85)

3.28 (0.87)

t(36) = 1.23; p = .23

 State

  BISS prior to cue exposure (ni = 18; nc = 19)

3.27 (1.10)

3.44 (1.09)

2.83 (1.17)

3.31 (1.44)

t(35) = − 1.16; p = .25

  BISS after cue exposure (ni = 18; nc = 19)

2.97 (1.10)

3.24 (1.25)

2.27 (1.31)

2.85 (1.57)

t(35) = − 1.76; p = .09

 Thin-ideal cue reactivity

  Changes on BISS (from before to after cue exposure) (ni = 18; nc = 19)

−0.30 (0.53)

− 0.20 (0.41)

−0.56 (0.62)

− 0.46 (0.58)

t(35) = − 1.39; p = .17

  1. Note. i = intervention group; c = control group; SST = Scrambled Sentences Task; BSQ = Body Shape Questionnaire; BISS = Body Image States Scale, before and after presentation of fashion model photographs