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Section III – Further contributing factors
This section considers the additional research questions which revolve around further
contributing factors. Factors collected as part of the background information of the study
such as eating disorder (ED) history and mental illness history (in the family) as well as
drug and alcohol use and current academic performance in school are explored in relation
to the key variable of inflexibility. These factors are then compared across the EDR
groups. Furthermore, possible differences in the experience of bullying, perfectionism
and low self-esteem were also examined between the EDR groups. Finally, the
association between the BMI and EDR groups will be examined to establish to what
extent self report data in terms of the EDI questionnaire and objective data (i.e. the BMI
index) are in correspondence.
1) Inflexibility in relation to eating disorder history and mental illness history
Of the 91 replies in relation to the question on eating disorder history in the family, 10
(10%) girls reported such a history and 81 (84%) reported no such history. Of those that
replied to the question on mental illness history 9 (14%) reported such a history and 86
(90%) reported no such history.
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Figure 15 – Boxplot of inflexibility and Eating Disorder (ED) history
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