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The Body Image - Acceptance and Action Questionnaire<br />

210<br />

180<br />

150<br />

120<br />

90<br />

60<br />

30<br />

0 5 10 15 20<br />

Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale- Anxiety Score<br />

Figure 12 – Scatterplot <strong>of</strong> anxiety and acceptance <strong>of</strong> body image (n=96)<br />

Figures 11 and 12 suggest that there is a negative correlation between depression and<br />

anxiety and acceptance <strong>of</strong> body image. The Spearman correlations supported the<br />

hypothesis that body image acceptance is negatively associated with depression rs = -<br />

0.44, p = 0.001, and that body image acceptance was negatively associated with anxiety,<br />

rs =-0.50, p = 0.001.<br />

Hypothesis III (c): Those in the high Eating Disorder Risk group will have higher<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> depression and anxiety than those in the low EDR group<br />

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