A vicious cycle among cognitions and behaviors enhancing risk for eating disorders

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Descriptive statistics, reliability, and correlations between the study variables at T1, T2 and T3 (N = 1260)

	M (SD)	α	T2 appearance orientation	T3 appearance orientation	T1 appearance worries	T2 appearance worries	T3 appearance worries	T1 diet	T2 diet	T3 diet	T1 weight status	T2 weight status	T3 weight status	T1 age	Sex
T1 Appearance orientation	3.74 (0.68)	0.63	0.69***	0.48***	0.40***	0.36***	0.21***	0.19***	0.20***	0.09**	0.06*	0.05	0.03	0.08**	0.32***
T2 Appearance orientation	2.39 (0.64)	0.61		0.44***	0.31***	0.36***	0.17***	0.18***	0.11***	0.002	0.06*	0.06*	0.03	0.10***	0.34***
T3 Appearance orientation	2.56 (0.57)	0.50			0.21***	0.21***	0.26***	0.12***	0.04	- 0.02	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.11***	0.21***
T1 Appearance worries	2.80 (1.24)	0.51				0.66***	0.41***	0.46***	0.30***	0.23***	- 0.18***	- 0.19***	- 0.15***	0.09**	0.33***
T2 Appearance worries	3.11 (1.09)	0.45					0.42***	0.38***	0.42***	0.18***	- 0.13***	- 0.12***	- 0.10***	0.03	0.28***
T3 Appearance worries	3.13 (1.05)	0.34						0.21***	0.17***	0.39***	- 0.11***	- 0.09**	- 0.11***	0.04	0.17***
T1 Diet	1.74 (1.25)								0.44***	0.24***	- 0.18***	- 0.20***	- 0.16***	0.05^†	0.20***
T2 Diet	3.93 (1.31)									0.27***	- 0.21***	- 0.21***	- 0.17***	- 0.02	0.13***
T3 Diet	3.76 (1.28)										- 0.13***	- 0.12***	- 0.15***	0.02	0.03
T1 weight status	1.22 (0.51)											0.83***	0.68***	- 0.03	0.04
T2 weight status	1.24 (0.53)												0.71***	- 0.001	0.05^†
T3 weight status	1.19 (0.49)													0.03	0.06*
T1 Age	16.38 (0.80)														- 0.001
Sex

***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05; ^† p < 0.1; weight status: 0 – underweight, 1 – normal, 2 – overweight, 3 – obesity; T1 Time 1, baseline, T2 Time 2, 2-month follow-up, T3 Time 3, 13-month follow-up

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