Table 5 Assessment of gender as a potential interaction factor within the clinical subsamples

EDI-2 Drive thinness

3.42

4.36

5.57

5.61

0.131

0.43

14.36

5.99

12.79

5.49

0.380

0.27

13.72

7.50

8.86

5.57

0.028*

0.74^†

EDI-2 Body dissatisfaction

9.40

7.63

9.07

8.69

0.891

0.04

18.12

8.00

13.00

9.27

0.045*

0.59^†

15.36

9.31

5.29

4.18

0.001*

1.40^†

EDI-2 Interoceptive awareness

2.82

2.69

1.71

1.82

0.154

0.48

9.72

7.26

9.71

7.30

0.998

0.00

10.52

7.42

4.93

3.93

0.009*

0.94^†

EDI-2 Bulimia

1.00

1.37

2.21

3.04

0.034*

0.51^†

5.98

5.47

4.50

4.83

0.363

0.29

5.88

5.18

2.21

2.61

0.013*

0.89^†

EDI-2 Interpersonal distrust

3.98

3.60

4.21

3.64

0.831

0.06

5.34

4.15

3.57

4.22

0.165

0.42

5.16

4.74

3.93

3.17

0.364

0.31

EDI-2 Ineffectiveness

3.44

3.23

3.21

2.78

0.813

0.07

9.74

6.43

6.93

8.07

0.177

0.39

10.38

7.60

3.79

3.33

0.003*

1.12^†

EDI-2 Maturity fears

4.20

3.46

4.50

2.88

0.768

0.09

7.32

5.61

7.93

6.96

0.735

0.10

7.68

6.12

6.57

4.78

0.534

0.20

EDI-2 Perfectionism

2.98

2.93

2.57

2.21

0.631

0.16

5.22

4.38

7.00

5.11

0.200

0.37

7.32

5.31

3.36

4.47

0.013*

0.81^†

EDI-2 Impulse regulation

1.62

3.29

2.29

3.60

0.515

0.19

5.58

5.69

7.71

6.09

0.227

0.36

6.04

6.17

2.07

2.97

0.023*

0.82^†

EDI-2 Ascetic

2.16

1.69

3.57

2.41

0.015*

0.68^†

7.20

4.24

7.21

4.49

0.991

0.00

7.88

5.23

4.64

3.50

0.033*

0.73^†

EDI-2 Social Insecurity

3.50

3.55

4.79

3.75

0.241

0.35

6.72

4.28

5.43

6.21

0.372

0.24

7.14

5.83

3.64

3.34

0.036*

0.74^†

EDI-2 Total scale

38.52

15.72

43.71

11.82

0.256

0.37

95.30

38.71

85.79

50.26

0.450

0.21

97.10

53.32

49.29

22.31

0.002*

1.17^†

SCL-90R Somatization

1.32

0.86

0.69

0.53

0.011*

0.89^†

1.76

0.87

1.49

0.77

0.300

0.33

1.60

0.98

0.82

0.64

0.006*

0.95^†

SCL-90R Obsessive-compul.

1.05

0.74

1.14

0.95

0.685

0.11

1.73

0.78

1.84

0.92

0.662

0.13

1.80

0.95

1.01

0.91

0.007*

0.86^†

SCL-90R Interp.sensitivity

0.96

0.73

1.06

0.77

0.644

0.14

2.07

0.89

1.70

0.99

0.183

0.39

1.91

1.05

1.02

0.97

0.006*

0.88^†

SCL-90R Depression

1.16

0.80

0.89

0.78

0.270

0.34

2.20

0.76

1.88

0.93

0.187

0.38

2.07

1.03

1.40

0.98

0.031*

0.68^†

SCL-90R Anxiety

0.97

0.75

0.53

0.62

0.052

0.63^†

1.65

0.79

1.49

0.99

0.548

0.17

1.62

0.90

0.86

0.81

0.007*

0.88^†

SCL-90R Hostility

0.55

0.65

0.67

0.65

0.554

0.18

1.40

1.07

1.71

1.18

0.341

0.28

1.27

0.89

0.81

0.55

0.073

0.62^†

SCL-90R Phobic anxiety

0.63

0.79

0.31

0.33

0.142

0.53^†

0.99

0.76

1.02

1.07

0.909

0.03

0.99

1.08

0.51

0.73

0.123

0.52^†

SCL-90R Paranoia

0.77

0.67

0.88

0.74

0.605

0.15

1.38

0.80

1.48

0.87

0.707

0.11

1.40

0.92

0.82

0.70

0.033*

0.71^†

SCL-90R Psychotic

0.57

0.50

0.54

0.54

0.881

0.04

1.39

0.75

1.29

0.88

0.670

0.12

1.33

0.80

0.82

0.66

0.033*

0.70^†

SCL-90R GSI

0.95

0.63

0.77

0.52

0.324

0.32

1.72

0.65

1.60

0.82

0.570

0.16

1.65

0.83

0.98

0.69

0.008*

0.87^†

SCL-90R PST

45.42

23.44

37.29

19.33

0.239

0.38

64.64

14.68

61.07

16.45

0.436

0.23

60.28

21.42

44.36

23.17

0.019*

0.71^†

SCL-90R PSDI

1.71

0.54

1.88

0.63

0.321

0.29

2.35

0.54

2.24

0.66

0.511

0.19

2.29

0.63

1.74

0.70

0.007*

0.82^†

TCI-R Novelty seeking

97.82

12.02

100.50

11.46

0.460

0.23

102.24

13.80

100.64

19.39

0.728

0.09

100.56

14.93

92.71

17.69

0.100

0.52^†

TCI-R Harm avoidance

106.72

16.68

98.79

19.52

0.135

0.44

112.12

19.07

111.07

24.55

0.865

0.05

110.96

22.87

96.50

23.14

0.041*

0.63^†

TCI-R Reward depend.

105.54

15.68

94.57

13.24

0.020*

0.76^†

99.82

14.77

102.50

13.87

0.546

0.19

101.90

16.75

94.71

10.17

0.133

0.52^†

TCI-R Persistence

109.70

15.94

105.00

18.68

0.351

0.27

112.42

22.48

118.07

22.79

0.410

0.25

122.74

21.28

114.00

10.93

0.145

0.52^†

TCI-R Self-directedness

141.08

21.34

127.79

24.95

0.052

0.57^†

119.32

18.19

124.29

28.07

0.430

0.21

120.52

24.00

139.50

18.14

0.008*

0.89^†

TCI-R Cooperativeness

139.88

13.22

125.14

17.47

0.001*

0.95^†

134.94

16.51

127.36

11.41

0.112

0.53^†

130.80

19.86

136.64

13.11

0.304

0.35

TCI-R Self-transcend.

61.86

14.61

60.57

14.34

0.771

0.09

61.24

15.09

70.79

20.51

0.058

0.53^†

66.48

16.19

59.43

13.33

0.141

0.51^†

Suicidal behavior

n

%

n

%

p

|h|

n

%

n

%

p

|h|

n

%

n

%

p

|h|

Suicidal ideation

11

22.00%

2

14.29%

0.526

0.20

16

32.00%

4

28.57%

0.807

0.07

19

38.00%

1

7.14%

0.028*

0.79^†

Suicidal attempts

3

6.00%

0

0.00%

0.348

0.51^†

4

8.00%

3

21.43%

0.155

0.39

5

10.00%

1

7.14%

0.746

0.10