Fig. 2

Indirect effects of autistic traits on ED psychopathology. A depicts associations between autistic traits, alexithymia, depressive and anxious symptoms (DASS-Total scores), and eating psychopathology in the male groups (entire and formally-diagnosed only); B Depicts the same relationships in the female groups (entire and formally-diagnosed only). In each instance, double asterisks reflect relationships that were significant at our corrected alpha level (p < .025); a single asterisk marks out relationships significant at the traditional p < .05