Sexual attraction to men as a risk factor for eating disorders: the role of mating expectancies and drive for thinness

Table 3 Differences in symptomatology in function of the relationship status, sex and sexual orientation

Symptomatology	Open to a relationship			Not open to a relationship			Differences between relationship status groups
Symptomatology	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	F	dF	p value^†	d
Gay men
Drive for thinness		12.67	6.61		1.93	3.22	65.66	(1, 74)	< 0.001	1.92
Body dissatisfaction	48	5.15	5.89	29	1.86	3.09	7.78	(1, 74)	0.021	0.65
Bulimia		1.29	1.74		1.55	3.13	0.23	(1, 74)	1.00	− 0.11
Heterosexual men
Drive for thinness		1.34	2.94		2.93	3.91	3.26	(1, 90)	0.222	− 0.46
Body dissatisfaction	47	1.19	1.91	46	2.63	4.16	2.58	(1, 90)	0.336	− 0.44
Bulimia		1.26	2.50		2.13	2.96	1.25	(1, 90)	0.801	− 0.32
Heterosexual women
Drive for thinness		6.69	5.89		5.90	5.93	0.45	(1, 156)	1.00	0.13
Body dissatisfaction	51	6.90	6.00	108	6.13	5.92	0.27	(1, 156)	1.00	0.13
Bulimia		2.82	3.84		2.19	3.13	1.18	(1, 156)	0.837	0.19
Lesbian women
Drive for thinness		1.95	4.18		3.29	4.34	1.79	(1, 66)	0.558	− 0.31
Body dissatisfaction	41	1.10	2.44	28	4.64	6.67	9.44	(1, 66)	0.009	− 0.76
Bulimia		0.34	0.94		0.82	2.02	1.61	(1, 66)	0.624	− 0.32