Identification of Psychological Dysfunctions and Eating Disorders in Obese Women Seeking Weight Loss: Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Spearman’s correlations between anthropometric parameters, eating behaviour, and psychological profile.

	BDI-II	STAI-Y State	STAI-Y Trait	RAS
Age	−0.102^NS	−0.084^NS	−0.150^NS	0.026^NS
BMI	−0.003^NS	0.041^NS	−0.005^NS	−0.104^NS
Waist circumference	0.027^NS	−0.166^NS	−0.008^NS	0.008^NS
BITE
Symptom	0.374***	0.398***	0.338***	0.275***
Severity	0.261**	0.314***	0.283***	0.184*
EDI-2
Ineffectiveness	0.677***	0.616***	0.709***	0.548***
Interpersonal distrust	0.221**	0.088^NS	0.333***	0.234**
Desire for thinness	0.291***	0.375***	0.294***	0.133^NS
Bulimia	0.335***	0.292***	0.285***	0.322***
Body dissatisfaction	0.105^NS	0.250**	0.251**	0.200*
Perfectionism	0.190*	0.218*	0.162^NS	0.082^NS
Interoceptive awareness	0.564***	0.486***	0.488***	0.438***
Maturity fears	0.304***	0.265**	0.360***	0.115^NS
Asceticism	0.260**	0.366***	0.262**	0.232**
Impulse regulation	0.461***	0.387***	0.472***	0.315***
Social insecurity	0.576***	0.462***	0.565***	0.437***

BMI: body mass index; BITE: Bulimic Investigatory Test of Edinburgh; EDI-2: Eating Disorder Inventory-2; BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory II; STAI-Y: Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, form Y; RAS: Rathus Assertiveness Schedule. Statistical analysis by Spearman’s rank correlations: ^NSnot significant; ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01; ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001.