Relationship of Exercise Volume with Change in Depression and Its Association with Self-Efficacy to Control Emotional Eating in Severely Obese Women

Table 1

Changes in measures over 24 weeks in an investigation on exercise and emotional eating with severely obese women, 2011 (𝑁=88).

Measure	Baseline; Mean ± SD	Week 24; Mean ± SD	t(87)	𝑃	95% CI	Change; Mean ± SD	Skw^a	Kurt^b
Depression	4.09 ± 3.64	3.36 ± 3.67	−2.53	.01	−1.29, −0.17	−0.73 ± 2.65	−.71	1.94
Negative emotions	18.84 ± 10.05	22.13 ± 9.36	3.91	<.001	1.61, 4.95	3.28 ± 7.88	.75	2.17
Self-regulation for eating	22.13 ± 9.36	25.94 ± 6.81	5.60	<.001	2.35, 4.94	3.65 ± 6.11	.51	0.44
Weight (kg)	116.06 ± 17.88	113.63 ± 16.73	−5.49	<.001	−3.31, −1.55	−2.43 ± 4.16	—	—
Waist circum. (cm)	120.95 ± 13.69	117.87 ± 13.07	−4.70	<.001	−4.38, −1.78	−3.08 ± 6.14	—	—

Negative emotions = Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Scale-negative emotions subscale (self-efficacy to control eating when negative emotions are present).
^aFor skewness (Skw), SE =.26.
^bFor kurtosis (Kurt), SE =.51.
An empty cell (—) indicates that data does not apply.