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Table 2 Associations of eating disorder-specific and general psychopathology with implicit drive for thinness in AN

From: Overcoming limitations of self-report: an assessment of fear of weight gain in anorexia nervosa and healthy controls using implicit association tests

D-score

BMI

EDE Restraint

EDE Eating concern

EDE Weight concern

EDE Shape concern

EDI-2 Drive for thinness

EDI-2 Bulimia

EDI-2 Body dissatisfaction

BDI-II Total score

STAI Trait anxiety

pIAT

.178 (p = .305)

.299 (p = .081)

.407* (p = .015)

.231 (p = .181)

.370* (p = .031)

.244 (p = .158)

−.035 (p = .844)

.241 (p = .163)

.146 (p = .401)

.096 (p = .588)

qIAT

−.136 (p = .436)

.379* (p = .025)

.371* (p = .028)

.371* (p = .028)

.359* (p = .037)

.437** (p = .009)

−.129 (p = .459)

.543** (p = .001)

.096 (p = .583)

.080 (p = .654)

  1. AN Anorexia nervosa, pIAT Picture-based implicit association test, qIAT Questionnaire-based implicit association test, BMI Body mass index, EDE Eating Disorder Examination, EDI-2 Eating Disorder Inventory-2, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-2, STAI State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. * p < .05; ** p < .01
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Journal of Eating Disorders

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