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Table 1 Means and standard deviations for eating disorder psychopathology and negative affect among college students (N = 637)

From: Eating disorder psychopathology and negative affect in Iranian college students: a network analysis

 

n

%

–

EDE-Q clinical thresholda

   

Yes

215

19.40

–

No

422

80.60

–

Recurrent eating disorder behaviorb

   

Binging

   

Yes

168

26.70

–

No

469

73.30

–

Self-induced vomiting

   

Yes

11

1.80

–

No

626

98.20

–

Laxative misuse

   

Yes

13

2.30

–

No

624

97.70

–

Over-exercise

   

Yes

74

11.80

–

No

563

88.20

–

 

M

SD

Range

Age

21.89

3.62

18–54

BMI

22.19

3.50

15.57–39.18

Node label

Symptom

   

Eating disorder symptoms

    

Restrict

Restraint

1.42

2.06

0–6

Fast

Fasting

.82

1.53

0–6

Excludfood

Excluding food

.93

1.67

0–6

Foodrules

Food rules

1.31

1.85

0–6

Emptystomach

A desire to have an empty stomach

.79

1.57

0–6

Flatstomach

A desire to have a flat stomach

3.23

2.53

0–6

Foodconc

Difficulty concentrating because of thoughts of food

.89

1.52

0–6

Wtshconc

Difficulty concentrating because of thoughts of weight/shape

1.02

1.66

0–6

Fearlosecontrol

Fear of losing control over eating

1.15

1.85

0–6

Feargain

Fear of weight gain

1.75

2.23

0–6

Feelfat

Feeling fat

1.70

2.20

0–6

Desirelose

Desire to lose weight

1.91

2.40

0–6

Eatsecret

Eating in secret

.34

.85

0–6

Guilty

Feeling guilty after eating

.93

1.53

0–6

Otherseeeat

Concerns about others seeing one eat

.54

1.20

0–6

Weightjudge

Overvaluation of weight

1.84

1.97

0–6

Shapejudge

Overvaluation of shape

2.28

2.07

0–6

Upweigonself

Upset with weighing oneself more than once a week

1.12

1.62

0–6

Weightdiss

Weight dissatisfaction

2.16

2.02

0–6

Shapediss

Shape dissatisfaction

2.20

1.95

0–6

Seeself

Discomfort when seeing one’s own body

1.75

1.84

0–6

Otherseebody

Discomfort when others see one’s body

1.38

1.75

0–6

Overeat

Overeating

3.11

5.21

0–28

Losscontrol

Loss of control over eating

2.56

4.67

0–28

Binge

Binge eating

2.88

4.79

0–28

Vomit

Self-induced vomiting

.16

.79

0–10

Laxatives

Laxative misuse

.34

1.95

0–28

Compex

Over-exercise

1.45

4.33

0–28

Negative affective states

    

Distressed

Distressed

2.73

1.25

1–5

Upset

Upset

2.93

1.26

1–5

Guilty

Guilty

2.27

1.23

1–5

Scared

Scared

2.0

1.14

1–5

Hostile

Hostile

1.77

1.05

1–5

Irritable

Irritable

2.78

1.37

1–5

Ashamed

Ashamed

2.0

1.12

1–5

Nervous

Nervous

2.68

1.34

1–5

Jittery

Jittery

2.74

1.31

1–5

Afraid

Afraid

2.05

1.18

1–5

  1. EDE-Q, Eating disorder examination questionnaire
  2. aThe clinical threshold of the EDE-Q is a global score ≥ 2.5. bRecurrent eating disorder behavior was defined as engaging in binging, self-induced vomiting, laxative misuse, and over exercise ≥ 4 times during the past 28 days.
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