Eating and Psychological Profiles of Women with Higher Depressive Symptoms Who Are Trying to Lose Weight

Table 4

Correlation matrix for each group between depressive symptoms, eating behaviors, body esteem, self-esteem, quality of life, self-determination, and motivation to regulate eating behaviors.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
(1) Dep. symptoms	—	−0.022	0.370	0 .481^*	−𝟎.𝟕𝟎𝟖^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟔𝟒𝟗^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟔𝟏𝟑^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟔𝟔𝟖^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟕𝟎𝟐^∗∗∗	0.642 ^***	0.647 ^***	0.184
(2) Dietary restraint	−0.332	—	−0.046	0.027	0.061	0.080	0.167	0.148	0.284	−0.014	−0.045	−0.081
(3) Disinhibition	0.004	−0.086	—	0 .420^*	−0.357	0.294	−0.407 ^*	−𝟎.𝟒𝟐𝟖^∗	−𝟎.𝟒𝟒𝟒^∗	𝟎.𝟒𝟎𝟗^∗	0.053	0.143
(4) Hunger	0.354	−𝟎.𝟓𝟐𝟑^∗	0 .𝟒𝟗𝟑^∗	—	−𝟎.𝟓𝟔𝟑^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟒𝟓𝟔^∗	−𝟎.𝟓𝟎𝟕^∗	−0.356	−𝟎.𝟒𝟐𝟏^∗	𝟎.𝟓𝟖𝟗^∗∗	0.292	0.336
(5) Self-esteem	−0.132	0.236	0.186	0.116	—	𝟎.𝟕𝟎𝟔^∗∗∗	𝟎.𝟔𝟖𝟏^∗∗∗	0 .𝟕𝟐𝟎^∗∗∗	𝟎.𝟔𝟑𝟏^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟕𝟓𝟖^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟒𝟏𝟔^∗	−0.141
(6) BE-appearance	−0.088	0.041	−0.167	0.112	0.333	—	0 .𝟔𝟑𝟖^∗∗∗	𝟎.𝟕𝟐𝟕^∗∗∗	0 .𝟓𝟔𝟖^∗∗	−𝟎.𝟕𝟓𝟗^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟒𝟑𝟑^∗	−0.106
(7) BE-weight	−0.062	0.022	−0.103	0.037	0.311	𝟎.𝟖𝟓𝟒^∗∗∗	—	𝟎.𝟓𝟔𝟕^∗∗	𝟎.𝟓𝟖𝟖^∗∗	−𝟎.𝟔𝟔𝟓^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟒𝟗𝟒^∗	−0.241
(8) Quality of life	−0.163	0.180	0.056	0.118	𝟎.𝟓𝟓𝟎^∗∗∗	𝟎.𝟔𝟗𝟗^∗∗∗	𝟎.𝟒𝟔𝟑^∗	—	𝟎.𝟓𝟗𝟎^∗∗	−𝟎.𝟖𝟎𝟔^∗∗∗	−𝟎.𝟓𝟎𝟑^∗	−0.367
(9) Self-determination	−𝟎.𝟔𝟒𝟖^∗∗	0.283	0.266	−0.152	0.301	0.195	0.179	0.305	—	−𝟎.𝟓𝟎𝟓^∗	−𝟎.𝟓𝟗𝟒^∗∗	−0.387
(10) Introjected mot.	0.248	0.096	0.090	0.217	−0.421	−0.374	−0.367	−0.285	−0.297	—	0 .𝟓𝟑𝟎^∗∗	0.196
(11) External mot.	0.111	0.184	0.340	0.065	−𝟎.𝟒𝟓𝟓^∗	0.023	0.024	−0.098	0.206	0.261	—	0.452 ^*
(12) Amotivation	0.068	−0.081	−0.258	0.074	−0.112	0.112	−0.050	0.160	−0.062	0.080	0.025	—

^*𝑃<0.05, ^**𝑃<0.01, ^***𝑃<0.001. Notes. Higher depressive symptoms group above the diagonal; Lower depressive symptoms group below the diagonal.