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Table 1 Descriptive analyses

From: Differences between adolescents exhibiting moderate binging and non-binging eating behaviors

 

Moderate binging

Without binging

M (SD)

α

M (SD)

α

Anxiety (STAY)

 State-Anxiety

57.62 (12.04)*

.89

46.06 (8.41)

.90

 Trait-Anxiety

57.44 (11.82)*

.92

44.35 (9.76)

.91

Personality (EPQ and IVE)

 Psychoticism

54.48 (14.29)*

.51

49.10 (9.23)

.50

 Extraversion

53.55 (8.41)

.72

53.02 (9.08)

.70

 Neuroticism

58.89 (9.53)*

.64

49.04 (9.74)

.61

 Lie

44.05 (8.10)

.55

53.72 (8.68)*

.62

 Impulsivity

65.33 (10.33)*

.59

52.43 (10.69)

.63

 Venturesomeness

55.35 (7.58)

.71

51.69 (9.23)

.73

 Empathy

54.46 (10.40)

.76

53.37 (10.10)

.78

Eating disorders (EDI-2)

 Drive for thinness

59.13 (13.41)*

.89

43.58 (3.10)

.85

 Bulimia

63.92 (14.97)*

.63

46.96 (9.03)

.52

 Body dissatisfaction

54.85 (11.61)*

.74

41.11 (3.96)

.70

 Ineffectiveness

57.25 (16.58)*

.75

44.69 (6.01)

.81

 Perfectionism

57.73 (12.58)

.67

54.31 (10.51)

.55

 Interpersonal distrust

53.73 (12.35)

.65

49.21 (10.00)

.60

 Interoceptive awareness

59.34 (13.94)*

.69

45.72 (7.20)

.70

 Maturity fears

60.00 (11.50)*

.55

52.82 (10.72)

.62

 Asceticism

55.07 (15.53)*

.52

46.20 (8.71)

.56

 Impulse regulation

61.22 (12.85)*

.70

46.56 (7.73)

.71

 Social insecurity

57.59 (10.33)*

.55

48.03 (8.69)

.60

  1. * Group with significant higher score in the variables