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Additional research questions were tested and a Logistic Regression analysis was
conducted in order to build a prediction model whereby the five key variables were
entered as predictors in order to decipher the log odds of the outcome of EDR defined by
the values of covariates in the model (i.e. inflexibility, body image acceptance,
depression, anxiety and self-esteem).
Results
Socio-demographic description of the sample
The ages of the 96 participants ranged from 12-15 with an ethnicity mix of White, 46%,
Black/Mixed 27%, Asian 13% and other 11%. Their academic performance was obtained
by acquiring information regarding maths set. 36% were in the Top set, 42% were in the
Middle set and 17% were in the Bottom set.
As regards the distributions of BMI classification, the majority were in the healthy range
(63%), followed by 22% in the underweight range and 15% in the overweight range. The
distribution of participants into eating disorder risk (EDR) groups were 70% in the low,
18% in the moderate and 12% in the high EDR group.
A history of eating disorders (including obesity) in the family was reported by 10% with
85% reporting no such history. 12% reported a history of mental illness in the family and
77% reported that they had no such history. 71% reported no alcohol use and 21%
reported drinking alcohol, 8% reported illicit drug use and 78% reported no such use.
Finally, bullying was reported by 28% with 71% reporting no such experience.
Testing the hypotheses of the study
The first group of hypotheses considered inflexibility in relation to body image
acceptance and EDR.
Hypotheses I
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