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Table 2 Comparisons between the HIGH, HIGH-D and LOW-D groups

From: The role of dieting, psychopathological characteristics and maladaptive personality traits in Orthorexia Nervosa

 

HIGH (1)

n = 40

HIGH-D (2)

n = 52

LOW-D (3)

n = 41

F (d.f.)

p

Partial η2

Bonferroni post-hoc comparison (p)

α

N = 133

EHQ-21-TOT MEAN (SE)

53.49 (1.09)

57.81 (0.76)

44.51 (0.94)

42.98(4)

 < .001

.58

1 > 3 (p < .001)

2 > 1;3(p < .01)

.81

EHQ-21-PROBLEMS MEAN (SE)

25.73 (0.89)

26.83 (0.62)

19.14 (0.77)

26.07(4)

 < .001

.46

3 < 1;2 (p < .001)

.77

EHQ-21-KNOWLEDGE MEAN (SE)

15.66 (0.45)

17.64 (0.32)

15.04 (0.39)

10.95(4)

 < .001

.26

2 > 1;3 (p < .01)

.70

EHQ-21-FEELINGS MEAN (SE)

12.09 (0.41)

13.35 (0.28)

10.33 (0.35)

13.47(4)

 < .001

.30

3 < 1;2 (p < .01)

.77

EDI-3-TOT MEAN (SE)

83.75 (7.07)

71.80 (4.94)

61.33 (6.12)

15.30(4)

 < .001

.33

n.s

.95

EDI-3-DRIVE FOR THINNESS MEAN (SE)

7.47 (1.06)

7.13 (0.74)

5.28 (0.91)

3.07(4)

 < .05

.09

n.s

.79

EDI-3-BULIMIA MEAN (SE)

5.41 (0.91)

3.61 (0.63)

2.73 (0.79)

8.45(4)

 < .001

.21

n.s

.86

EDI-3-BODY DISSATISFACTION MEAN (SE)

8.24 (1.73)

12.91 (1.20)

11.33 (1.49)

4.39(4)

 < .01

.12

n.s

.87

EDI-3-LOW SELF ESTEEM MEAN (SE)

3.11 (0.89)

4.89 (0.62)

4.65 (0.77)

3.50(4)

 < .01

.10

n.s

.85

EDI-3-PERSONAL ALIENATION MEAN (SE)

4.87 (0.85)

4.87 (0.59)

4.89 (0.74)

6.34(4)

 < .001

.17

n.s

.75

EDI-3-INTERPERSONAL INSECURITY MEAN (SE)

9.48 (1.07)

6.94 (0.74)

6.21 (0.92)

7.43(4)

 < .001

.19

n.s

.82

EDI-3-INTERPERSONAL ALIENATION MEAN (SE)

7.57 (0.82)

7.12 (0.57)

5.81 (0.71)

7.754)

 < .001

.20

n.s

.71

EDI-3-INTEROCEPTIVE DEFICITS MEAN (SE)

7.33 (1.02)

5.70 (0.71)

3.92 (0.88)

14.15(4)

 < .001

.31

n.s

.85

EDI-3-EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION MEAN (SE)

6.00 (0.77)

3.26 (0.54)

2.13 (0.66)

13.55(4)

 < .001

.30

1 > 2;3 (p < .05)

.82

EDI-3-PERFECTIONISM MEAN (SE)

7.13 (0.66)

4.87 (0.46)

4.14 (0.57)

13.34(4)

 < .001

.30

1 > 2;3 (p < .05)

.71

EDI-3-ASCETICISM MEAN (SE)

7.12 (0.62)

4.09 (0.44)

2.69 (0.54)

22.73(4)

 < .001

.42

1 > 2;3 (p < .01)

.68

EDI-3-MATURITY FEARS MEAN (SE)

10.05 (1.02)

6.43 (0.71)

7.56 (0.88)

6.06(4)

 < .001

.16

1 > 2 (p < .05)

.73

OCI-R-TOT MEAN (SE)

16.75 (2.58)

17.49 (1.80)

11.04 (2.24)

3.96(4)

 < .01

.11

n.s

.91

MPS-TOT MEAN (SE)

97.41 (4.58)

106.33 (3.19)

89.99 (3.96)

6.38(4)

 < .001

.17

2 > 3 (p < .01)

.94

BAI-TOT MEAN (SE)

12.32 (1.99)

11.40 (1.39)

4.32 (1.73)

6.77(4)

 < .001

.18

3 < 1;2 (p < .05)

.93

BDI-II-TOT MEAN (SE)

8.15 (1.56)

9.90 (1.09)

5.43 (1.35)

4.97(4)

 < .001

.14

2 > 3 (p < .05)

.89

PID-5-NEGATIVE-AFFECTIVITY

MEAN (SE)

23.79

(2.58)

25.27 (1.80)

18.29 (2.23)

7.49(4)

 < .001

.20

2 > 3 (p < .05)

.94

PID-5-DETACHMENT

MEAN (SE)

20.44 (2.33)

20.25 (1.63)

13.02 (2.02)

4.64(4)

 < .01

.13

2 > 3 (p < .01)

.92

PID-5-ANTAGONISM MEAN (SE)

19.48 (1.94)

11.51 (1.35)

6.85 (1.68)

9.93(4)

 < .001

.24

1 > 2;3 (p < .01)

.92

PID-5-DISINHIBITION MEAN (SE)

19.76 (1.85)

15.61 (1.29)

11.91 (1.60)

9.63(4)

 < .001

.24

1 > 3 (p < .05)

.90

PID-5-PSYCHOTICISM MEAN (SE)

28.08 (2.96)

21.34 (2.07)

12.51 (2.56)

11.34(4)

 < .001

.27

3 < 1;2 (p < .05)

.95

  1. HIGH High Orthorexic Tendencies, HIGH-D High Orthorexic Tendencies on Diet, LOW-D Low Orthorexic Tendencies on Diet, EHQ-21 Eating Habits Questionnaire-21, EDI-3 Eating Disorder Inventory-3, PID-5 Personality Inventory for DSM-5, OCI-R Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised, MPS Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-II, SE Standard Error, n.s. Not statistically significant, d.f. Degrees of freedom, α Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient
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