Weight-Teasing and Eating Disorders—A Comparative Study in Adolescent and Adult Samples
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study 1
2.1. Materials and Methods
2.1.1. Participants
2.1.2. Measures
2.1.3. Procedure
2.1.4. Statistical Analysis
2.2. Results of study 1
3. Study 2
3.1. Materials and Methods
3.1.1. Participants
3.1.2. Measures
3.1.3. Procedure
3.1.4. Statistical Analysis
3.2. Results of Study 2
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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1. BSQ | - | 0.72 | 0.54 | 0.62 | 0.29 | 0.14 | −0.02 | −0.23 |
2. EDI-2 DT | - | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.37 | 0.29 | −0.02 | −0.28 | |
3. EDI-2 BD | - | 0.69 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.03 | −0.23 | ||
4. ChEAT | - | 0.44 | 0.32 | 0.07 | −0.37 | |||
5. POTS-WT | - | 0.38 | −0.01 | −0.04 | ||||
6. R-Weight | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
7. Age | - | 0.02 | ||||||
8. Gender | - | |||||||
M | 8.39 | 3.50 | 6.33 | 61.44 | 9.09 | 0.00 | 15.25 | - |
SD | 7.29 | 4.62 | 5.12 | 32.60 | 8.15 | 10.59 | 1.20 | - |
BSQ | EDI-2 DT | EDI-2 BD | ChEAT | |||||||||||||
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Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 1 | Step 2 | |||||||||
Predictors | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p |
Gender | −0.35 | <0.001 | −0.35 | <0.001 | −0.27 | <0.001 | −0.27 | <0.001 | −0.22 | <0.001 | −0.22 | <0.001 | −0.22 | <0.001 | −0.22 | <0.001 |
Age | 0.07 | <0.001 | 0.07 | <0.001 | −0.02 | 0.020 | −0.02 | 0.023 | 0.03 | <0.001 | 0.03 | <0.001 | −0.01 | 0.20 | −0.01 | 0.217 |
Residual weight | 0.18 | <0.001 | 0.24 | <0.001 | 0.18 | <0.001 | 0.23 | <0.001 | 0.21 | <0.001 | 0.21 | <0.001 | 0.03 | <0.001 | 0.08 | <0.001 |
POTS-WT | 0.36 | <0.001 | 0.41 | <0.001 | 0.29 | <0.001 | 0.32 | <0.001 | 0.32 | <0.001 | 0.32 | <0.001 | 0.27 | <0.001 | 0.30 | <0.001 |
Residual Weight × POTS-WT | - | - | −0.11 | <0.001 | - | - | −0.08 | <0.001 | - | - | −0.01 | 0.77 | - | - | −0.08 | <0.001 |
ΔR2 | 0.36 | 0.003 | 0.23 | 0.002 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.002 |
Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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1. WCB | - | 0.72 | 0.52 | 0.37 | 0.23 | −0.16 | −0.17 |
2. EDI-DT | - | 0.73 | 0.39 | 0.24 | −0.15 | −0.36 | |
3. EDI-BD | - | 0.43 | 0.35 | −0.20 | −0.34 | ||
4. POTS-WT | - | 0.40 | −0.09 | −0.02 | |||
5. BMI | - | 0.30 | 0.15 | ||||
6. Age | - | 0.07 | |||||
7. Gender | - | ||||||
M | 4.90 | 20.34 | 30.98 | 13.49 | 23.16 | 29.98 | - |
SD | 3.21 | 8.39 | 11.47 | 13.34 | 3.78 | 11.00 | - |
WCB | EDI-DT | EDI-BD | ||||||||||
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Step1 | Step 2 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 1 | Step 2 | |||||||
Predictors | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p | β | p |
Gender | −0.18 | <0.001 | 0.18 | <0.001 | 0.38 | <0.001 | −0.38 | <0.001 | 0.37 | <0.001 | 0.37 | <0.001 |
Age | −0.19 | <0.001 | 0.19 | <0.001 | 0.18 | <0.001 | −0.19 | <0.001 | 0.27 | <0.001 | 0.27 | <0.001 |
BMI | 0.21 | 0.001 | 0.26 | 0.002 | 0.25 | <0.001 | 0.44 | <0.001 | 0.39 | <0.001 | 0.50 | <0.001 |
POTS-S-WT | 0.26 | <0.001 | 0.52 | 0.064 | 0.26 | <0.001 | 1.16 | <0.001 | 0.24 | <0.001 | 0.77 | 0.002 |
BMI × POTS-S-WT | - | - | 0.29 | 0.351 | - | - | –1.00 | <0.001 | - | - | 0.59 | 0.025 |
ΔR2 | 0.21 | 0.002 | 0.36 | 0.027 | 0.42 | 009 |
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Gallardo, L.O.; Plumed-Domingo, J.J.; Rojo-Moreno, L. Weight-Teasing and Eating Disorders—A Comparative Study in Adolescent and Adult Samples. Children 2022, 9, 1655. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111655
Gallardo LO, Plumed-Domingo JJ, Rojo-Moreno L. Weight-Teasing and Eating Disorders—A Comparative Study in Adolescent and Adult Samples. Children. 2022; 9(11):1655. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111655
Chicago/Turabian StyleGallardo, Laura O., J. Javier Plumed-Domingo, and Luis Rojo-Moreno. 2022. "Weight-Teasing and Eating Disorders—A Comparative Study in Adolescent and Adult Samples" Children 9, no. 11: 1655. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111655