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Disordered Eat<strong>in</strong>g, Anxiety 9<br />

This analysis was conducted on <strong>the</strong> data from <strong>the</strong> 48 participants who completed<br />

all three sessions, with 24 participants <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> written emotional disclosure group and 24<br />

participants <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> neutral writ<strong>in</strong>g group. At <strong>the</strong> pre-test, post-test, and follow-up, <strong>the</strong><br />

written emotional disclosure group had means and standard deviations <strong>of</strong> 1.76 (3.51), .88<br />

(1.80), and .71 (1.21), respectively, and <strong>the</strong> neutral writ<strong>in</strong>g group had means and standard<br />

deviations <strong>of</strong> 1.38 (2.47), 1.54 (2.67), and .71 (1.21), respectively.<br />

However, this ANOVA did not <strong>in</strong>clude <strong>the</strong> data for <strong>the</strong> six participants who<br />

completed both <strong>the</strong> pre-test and <strong>the</strong> post-test but not <strong>the</strong> follow-up. <strong>The</strong>refore, a 2 (time)<br />

X 2 (treatment) ANOVA was conducted us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> 54 participants who completed <strong>the</strong> preand<br />

post-test time <strong>in</strong>tervals. Aga<strong>in</strong>, no significant <strong>in</strong>teraction was found (F = 1.251, p =<br />

.269), but a pattern emerged show<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>the</strong> written emotional disclosure group (M =<br />

1.07 , SD = 1.98) experienced less disordered symptomology on <strong>the</strong> behavioral outcome<br />

than what <strong>the</strong> neutral writ<strong>in</strong>g group (M = 1.52, SD = 2.52) experienced (see Figure 3).<br />

Figure 3<br />

Changes <strong>in</strong> Behavior: Pre-Test and Post-Test<br />

2.5<br />

Average Number <strong>of</strong> B<strong>in</strong>ges and Purges Across<br />

a Week<br />

2<br />

1.5<br />

1<br />

0.5<br />

0<br />

Pre-Test<br />

Time<br />

Post-Test<br />

Written Emotional<br />

Disclosure<br />

Control<br />

N = 56<br />

Although <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>teraction was not significant, both <strong>the</strong> written emotional disclosure<br />

group and <strong>the</strong> neutral writ<strong>in</strong>g group were exam<strong>in</strong>ed separately. A repeated measures<br />

ANOVA was conducted on only <strong>the</strong> written emotional disclosure group (n = 27) to<br />

explore <strong>the</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> time on <strong>the</strong> behavioral outcome. <strong>The</strong>re was a weak marg<strong>in</strong>al trend <strong>in</strong><br />

both treatment conditions toward lower <strong>in</strong>stances <strong>of</strong> b<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g and purg<strong>in</strong>g across time,<br />

with <strong>the</strong> written emotional disclosure group show<strong>in</strong>g a stronger trend toward lower<br />

symptomology than <strong>the</strong> neutral writ<strong>in</strong>g control (F = 2.4, p = .133).<br />

Us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> data from <strong>the</strong> 54 participants who completed both <strong>the</strong> pre- and post-tests<br />

and <strong>the</strong> data from <strong>the</strong> 48 participants who completed <strong>the</strong> follow-up, a new figure was<br />

constructed that shows <strong>the</strong> change <strong>in</strong> means on <strong>the</strong> behavioral outcome at <strong>the</strong> three time

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