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Table 1 Sociodemographic and other characteristics of the participants (n = 1175)

From: The association between mental health and Bulimia Nervosa among a sample of Lebanese young adults: the indirect effect of difficulties in emotion regulation

Variable

N (%)

Sex

 Male

353 (30.0%)

 Female

822 (70.0%)

Marital status

 Single

919 (78.2%)

 Married

256 (21.8%)

Education level

 Secondary or less

277 (23.6%)

 University

898 (76.4%)

Eating attitudes

 Appropriate (scores < 20)

681 (58.0%)

 Inappropriate (scores ≥ 20)

494 (42.0%)

 

Mean ± SD

Age (in years)

25.15 ± 8.54

Physical activity index

25.80 ± 19.60

Household crowding index (persons/room)

1.11 ± 0.62

DERS score

27.17 ± 16.48

EAT bulimia

4.02 ± 5.58

EAT dieting

12.63 ± 11.29

EAT oral control

6.16 ± 6.58

Anxiety

18.15 ± 8.98

Stress

12.83 ± 7.14

Depression

15.15 ± 12.11

  1. DERS Difficulty in emotion regulation scale, EAT Eating attitude test