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Hypothesis Finding Effect Sizes
I (a) Acceptance of body image will be negatively
associated with inflexibility
I (b) The low and moderate EDR groups will be
less inflexible than the high risk group
I (c) The low EDR group will have higher body
image acceptance than the moderate and high EDR
groups
II (a) There will be a significant mean difference in
inflexibility between the under/overweight
compared to the healthy BMI group
II (b) There will be a significant mean difference in
body image acceptance between the
under/overweight compared to the healthy BMI
group
II (c) There will be a significant mean difference in
anxiety between the under/overweight compared to
the healthy BMI group
II (d) There will be a significant mean difference in
depression between the healthy and
underweight/overweight BMI groups
III (a) Inflexibility will be positively associated
with depression and anxiety
III (b) There will be a negative association between
depression and anxiety and body image acceptance
III (c) The high EDR will have higher levels of
depression and anxiety than those in the low group
Confirmed Correlation index
-0.55
Confirmed Moderate EDR
0.71
High EDR 0.61
Partially
confirmed
Not
confirmed
Not
confirmed
Not
confirmed
Low not
confirmed
Moderate 1.87
High 1.87
Underweight 0.12
Overweight 0.02
Underweight 0.28
Overweight 0.33
Underweight 0.12
Overweight 0.11
Confirmed Underweight 0.64
Overweight 0.41
Confirmed Depression 0.46
Anxiety 0.55
Confirmed Depression
-0.44
Anxiety -0.50
Confirmed Anxiety 0.95
Depression 0.49
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