Eating Disorders and Intrasexual Competition: Testing an Evolutionary Hypothesis among Young Women

Table 1

Mean scores for the General Competitiveness Scale (GCS), Female Intrasexual Competition for Mates Scale (ISC-M), Intrasexual Competition for Status Scale (ISC-S) and shortened Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI-S).

Measure	Mean (SD)
	𝑛=206
GCS	3.42 (1.00)
ISC-M	1.92 (0.62)
ISC-S	1.88 (3.52)
EDI subscales:
Bulimia	2.73 (3.52)
Drive for thinness	5.19 (5.42)
Perfectionism	5.55 (4.23)
Body dissatisfaction	10.25 (6.51)

SD—standard deviation.