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Table 4 Differences between women with and without an eating disorder diagnosis history

From: Smartphone and Instagram use, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorders: investigating the associations using self-report and tracked data

Variable

Without diagnosis (N = 85)

With diagnosis (N = 34)

Differences test

M

SD

Median

MAD

M

SD

Median

MAD

W

p

1. Smartphone use (OBJ)

245.14

141.36

236

92.98

318.46

160.00

288.14

118.18

1925

.005

2. Instagram use (OBJ)

55.79

34.23

46.71

35.16

68.79

40.24

68.79

24.78

1713.5

.115

3. Instagram % (OBJ)

0.26

0.15

0.24

0.16

0.23

0.11

0.21

0.10

1284.5

.346

4. Instagram time (SR)

32.20

48.59

15

14.83

27.79

31.58

15

9.64

1483

.824

5. PIU (SR)

13.56

4.19

14

4.45

15.06

4.98

14.50

3.71

1685

.158

6. BSQ

76.06

32.59

69

31.13

120.24

43.16

123

55.60

2284

 < .001

7. EDE-Q: Restraining

2.22

1.34

1.80

1.19

4.52

1.91

4.60

2.08

2391.5

 < .001

8. EDE-Q: Eating Concern

1.70

1.10

1.20

0.30

3.84

1.72

4

2.22

2521.5

 < .001

9. EDE-Q: Weight Concern

2.68

1.52

2.20

1.48

4.62

1.81

5.30

1.63

2285

 < .001

10. EDE-Q: Shape Concern

2.94

1.58

2.50

1.30

5.14

1.69

5.94

1.39

2392

 < .001

11. EDE-Q: Global Score

2.38

1.25

2.06

0.93

4.53

1.63

5.09

1.59

2400.5

 < .001

  1. OBJ = tracked data; SR = self-reported; PIU = problematic Instagram use; BSQ = Body Shape Questionnaire (body dissatisfaction scale); EDE-Q = (Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire; MAD = median average deviation. Statistically significant (p < .05) p-values are highlighted with bold font
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Journal of Eating Disorders

ISSN: 2050-2974