The association between deficiencies in paternal and maternal reflective functioning and anorexia nervosa symptomatology

Table 4 Summary of hierarchical regression models explaining ED severity and ED related psychological symptoms by parental RF with and without daughters' RF

Predictors	EAT-26		IC		IPC		APC		OC
Predictors	β	R²_change	β	R²_change	β	R²_change	β	R²_change	β	R²_change
Step 1		10*		.17*		.17*		.18*		.06
M-RF	− .18		− .25^†		− .14		− .29*		.02
P-RF	− .17		− .16		− .31*		− .19		− .26^†
Step 2		10*		.11*		.09*		.02		.00
M-RF	− .08		− .14		− .05		− .25		.04
P-RF	− .05		− .09		− .20		− .15		− .25
D-RF	− .37**		− .39*		− .34*		− .15		− .05
ΔR²		.15*		.24***		.22**		.16*		.02

D-RF daughters' Reflective-Functioning, M-RF maternal Reflective-Functioning, P-RF paternal Reflective-Functioning, EAT-26 Eating Attitude Test 26, EDI-3 Eating Disorder Inventory 3, IC Ineffectiveness Composite, IPC Interpersonal Problems Composite, APC Affective Problems Composite, OC Overcontrol Composite
^†p = .08; *p < .05; **p < .001
^aR² in step 1, ^bR² in step 2

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