Association between the social support for mothers of patients with eating disorders, maternal mental health, and patient symptomatic severity: A cross-sectional study

Table 3 Comparison of the scores on each of the instruments by two different groups of mothers

Scale	High-score mothers’ group^a			Low-score mothers’ group^a			p
Scale	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	p
GSES	34	7.4	4.1	23	6.7	4.1	.547
ULS	33	33.8	6.4	22	47.1	8.1	.000**
ALAS	34	36.9	8.2	22	34.8	4.5	.276
BDI-II	34	11.0	8.4	23	18.0	11.7	.011*
K6	34	6.4	4.1	22	7.7	5.1	.295

ULS University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, ALAS Active Listening Attitude Scale, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition, K6 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, GSES General Self-Efficacy Scale
^aThe groups were divided based on the mother’s score being greater than/equal to or lower than 31 points on the Social Provisions Scale Japanese version (SPS-10)

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