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Table 1 Descriptive data of present study participants

From: Exploring relationships over time between psychological distress, perceived stress, life events and immature defense style on disordered eating pathology

 

Response number (n)

Mean

Std deviation

Median

IQ range

Age

368

32.9

11.5

27.0

24.0-39.8

BMI (kg/m 2 )

356

25.5

6.1

24.3

21.3-27.9

Perceive Stress Scale

360

15.7

7.1

15.0

11.0-20.0

Defense Style Questionnaire

     

   Mature

352

5.4

1.1

5.4

4.6-6.3

   Neurotic

362

4.4

1.1

4.4

3.8-5.1

   Immature

348

3.4

0.9

3.4

2.8-3.9

Eating Disorder Examination- Questionnaire

     

   Weight concern subscale

366

2.0

1.5

1.9

0.6-3.0

   Eating concern subscale

359

0.9

1.1

0.4

0.2-1.2

   Shape concern subscale

358

2.3

1.5

2.1

1.0-3.5

   Restraint subscale

365

1.5

1.3

1.0

0.4-2.4

   Global Score

348

1.7

1.2

1.4

0.6-2.4

Kessler 10 Psychological Distress Scale

362

17.3

6.4

16

13.0-20.0

Life events Checklist

     

   Health life event

364

0.2

0.5

0.0

0.0-0.0

   Perinatal life event

364

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0-0.0

   Trauma life event

365

0.4

0.7

0.0

0.0-1.0

   Family personal life event

363

1.2

1.3

1.0

0.0-2.0

   Socioeconomic life event

361

1.8

1.3

2.0

1.0-2.0

   Legal life event

365

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.0-0.0

   Total Life Events Score

348

3.8

2.4

3.0

2.0-5.0