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Table 3 Mean scores at assessment and discharge from the Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP) on self-report measures

From: Targeting maladaptive overcontrol with radically open dialectical behaviour therapy in a day programme for adolescents with restrictive eating disorders: an uncontrolled case series

Measure (n attendees whilst measure in use)

Assessment mean (sd)

Discharge mean (sd)

Test statistic (paired n)

Effect size

Cronbach alpha

Pre ITP

Post ITP

Eating disorder and mental health symptomatology

 EDI-3 (n = 105)

  - Drive for Thinness raw score

18.31c (8.45)

15.16b (8.92)

p = 0.01*,a (n = 62)

d = 0.33

.91

.93

  - Bulimia raw score

2.63b (2.91)

2.84b (4.15)

p = 0.71 (n = 62)

d = 0.05

.78

.83

  - Body dissatisfaction raw score

27.60c (11.95)

24.34c (11.72)

p = 0.051 (n = 62)

d = 0.25

.94

.93

  - Low self-esteem raw score

14.50c (6.93)

12.63c (6.88)

p = 0.04* (n = 62)

d = 0.26

.91

.90

  - Personal Alienation raw score

14.28c (7.24)

11.44c (6.93)

p = 0.003** (n = 61)

d = 0.39

.88

.85

  - Interpersonal insecurity raw score

12.21c (7.19)

10.60c (8.04)

p = 0.048* (n = 62)

d = 0.26

.87

.86

  - Interpersonal alienation raw score

10.19c (6.46)

8.45c (6.60)

p = 0.014* (n = 62)

d = 0.32

.86

.85

  - Interceptive deficits raw score

14.82c (8.76)

11.74c (9.00)

p = 0.004** (n = 62)

d = 0.38

.90

.89

  - Emotional dysregulation raw score

8.71c (5.88)

7.97c (6.96)

p = 0.43 (n = 62)

d = 0.10

.82

.75

  - Perfectionism raw score

11.85c (6.22)

11.19c (6.14)

p = 0.37 (n = 48)

d = 0.13

.76

.82

  - Ascetism raw score

11.81c (7.05)

9.81c (7.50)

p = 0.027* (n = 59)

d = 0.29

.84

.86

  - Maturity Fears raw score

15.76d (7.78)

14.71d (8.52)

p = 0.19 (n = 59)

d = 0.17

.88

.90

  MFQ (n = 51)

38.05e (15.62)

30.84e (18.47)

p = 0.01*,a (n = 43)

d = 0.41

.94

.98

Relationship quality and attachment

 SCS-R (n = 81)

67.97 (21.43)

75.51 (22.98)

p < 0.001***,a (n = 67)

d = 0.48

.95

.97

 ASQ (n = 101)

  - Discomfort

42.32 (10.99)

38.65 (11.60)

p < 0.001***,a (n = 81)

d = 0.43

.82

.93

  - Preoccupation

30.02 (7.53)

31.44 (7.67)

p = 0.048* (n = 81)

d = 0.22

.80

.78

  - Relationships as secondary

20.23 (6.31)

18.46 (7.54)

p = 0.006**,a (n = 81)

d = 0.32

.80

.87

  - Need for approval

32.48 (6.66)

31.69 (7.16)

p = 0.24 (n = 81)

d = 0.13

.84

.86

  YSR Withdrawal subscale (n = 101)

8.75g (4.24)

6.48f (4.60)

p < 0.001***,a (n = 81)

d = 0.54

.89

.90

Overcontrolled temperament, personality and coping

 FFOCI-SF (n = 81)

  - Risk aversion

12.12 (4.20)

12.15 (10.93)

p = 0.98 (n = 65)

d < 0.01

.85

.88

  - Inflexible

11.91 (3.64)

10.83 (3.83)

p = 0.007**,a (n = 65)

d = 0.34

.82

.89

  - Perfectionism

15.02 (3.30)

14.91 (3.45)

p = 0.75 (n = 65)

d = 0.04

.78

.85

  - Workaholism

12.32 (3.83)

12.25 (4.08)

p = 0.83 (n = 65)

d = 0.03

.87

.89

  SNAP-Y Negative Temperament (n = 81)

30.47 (10.11)

30.08 (11.43)

p = 0.67 (n = 62)

d = 0.05

.86

.87

 TEPS (n = 113)

  - Anticipatory (TEPS-ANT)

32.79 (8.93)

36.79 (9.92)

p < 0.001***,a (n = 96)

d = 0.42

.80

.71

  - Consummatory (TEPS-CON)

32.18 (7.03)

35.19 (7.54)

p < 0.001***,a (n = 96)

d = 0.51

.71

.74

  ERQ Expressive Suppression (n = 51)

19.50 (6.82)

14.02 (7.41)

p < 0.001***,a (n = 42)

d = 0.97

.87

.93

  1. n for each measure provided in table indicates the number of young people who attended ITP while that measure was being administered
  2. Abbreviations: EDI-3 Eating Disorder Inveentory-3, SCS-R Social Connectedness Scale-Revised, ASQ Attachment Style Questionnaire, YSR Youth Self Report, FFOCI-SF Five Factor Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Short Form, SNAP-Y Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality for Youth, TEPS-ANT Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale-Anticipatory, TEPS-CON Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale-Consummatory, ERQ Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, sd standard deviation
  3. *significant at p < 0.05 level; **significance at p < 0.01 level; ***significance at p < 0.001 level
  4. asignificant after Benjamini-Hochberg adjustment (<.05) for multiple comparisons
  5. bLow clinical range; ctypical clinical range; delevated clinical range (Garner, 2004)
  6. eabove clinical cut off for depression (total score > 27; Wood, et al., 1995)
  7. fone standard deviation above community norms (mean = 3.1, sd = 2.5; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001)
  8. gtwo standard deviation above community norms (mean = 3.1, sd = 2.5; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001)
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