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

Table 4 Comparison of patient scores for mothers in the high-score and low-score groups

Scale	High-score mothers’ group^a			Low-score mothers’ group^a			p
Scale	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	p
ULS	33	50.8	11.7	23	49.1	13.4	.604
RSS	33	18.2	7.8	23	21.5	9.2	.144
YAS	33	44.4	7.7	23	45.7	9.6	.555
FAD	33	29.7	6.8	23	28.8	8.8	.663
EDI-Total	34	92.0	34.8	23	92.2	41.9	.984
EDI-drive for thinness	34	11.8	6.5	23	11.7	7.2	.945
EDI-bulimia	34	8.4	6.9	23	8.7	7.0	.861
EDI-body dissatisfaction	34	14.8	7.3	23	14.8	8.3	.999
EDI-ineffectiveness	34	16.4	7.6	23	14.9	8.2	.475
EDI-perfectionism	34	7.4	4.2	23	8.4	4.5	.386
EDI-interpersonal distrust	34	8.2	3.5	23	8.5	4.9	.757
EDI-interoceptive awareness	34	14.6	7.0	23	14.8	7.8	.893
EDI-maturity fears	34	10.3	5.5	23	10.2	6.0	.945

ULS University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, RSS Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, YAS youth assertion scale, EDI Eating Disorder Inventory, FAD Family Assessment Device
^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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