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Table 1 Means and standard deviations (in parenthesis) of demographic and clinical characteristics

From: The effect of mood on food versus non-food interference among females who are high and low on emotional eating

 

High EE (N = 40)

Low EE (N = 40)

p value

Cohen’s d

Age (years)

24.05 (4.59)

23.75 (4.21)

.76

0.06

BMI

25.08 (4.80)

22.98 (4.58)

.04

0.44

STAI-T

2.34 (0.56)

2.07 (0.39)

.01

0.54

BDI-II

0.70 (0.54)

0.40 (0.29)

.002

0.70

DERS-total

2.48 (0.69)

2.29 (0.57)

.20

0.28

DERS-acceptance

2.42 (0.96)

1.84 (0.89)

.006

0.62

DERS-clarity

2.31 (0.92)

1.81 (0.75)

.009

0.59

DERS-impulse

2.31 (0.82)

2.42 (0.89)

.58

− 0.12

DERS-awareness

2.40 (0.74)

2.33 (0.85)

.69

0.08

DERS-goal

3.04 (0.94)

3.04 (0.98)

.98

0.04

DERS-strategies

2.59 (0.84)

2.35 (0.84)

.20

0.28

DEBQ-restrained

2.77 (1)

2.21 (0.81)

.008

0.61

DEBQ-external

3.65 (0.49)

3.08 (0.69)

.001

0.94

Baseline hunger level

46.91 (11.14)

46.42 (14.89)

.86

0.03

  1. EE emotional eating, BMI body mass index, STAI-T trait anxiety from the state-trait anxiety inventory, BDI-II beck depression inventory-II, DERS difficulties in emotion regulation scale, DEBQ the Dutch eating behaviors questionnaire