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Hypotheses II: It is expected that in comparison to the healthy BMI group the over and
underweight groups will have:
a) Higher means regarding inflexibility
b) Lower means regarding body image acceptance
c) Higher means in relation to anxiety and depression
Hypotheses III: These hypotheses focus on the variables of depression and anxiety in
relation to inflexibility, body image acceptance and EDR.
a) Inflexibility will be positively associated with depression and anxiety
b) There will be a negative association between depression and anxiety in relation to
body image acceptance
c) Those in the high EDR group will have higher means of depression and anxiety
than those in the low EDR group
Additional research questions are as follows:
1) Eating disorder history and mental illness history will be positively associated
with inflexibility
2) Drug and Alcohol use will be associated with higher levels of inflexibility
3) Academic performance will be negatively associated with inflexibility
4) There will be a mean difference between the EDR groups on eating disorder
history and mental illness history
5) There will be a mean difference between the EDR groups on drug and alcohol use
6) There will be a mean difference between the EDR groups on bullying
7) There will be a mean difference between the EDR groups on perfectionism
8) Self-esteem will be positively associated with EDR
9) BMI will be associated with EDR
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