Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical variables.
Socio-demographic and clinical variables compared between groups, expressed as mean (standard deviation), and percentage. One-way ANOVAs followed by posthoc analyses, independent t-tests, and Chi-square tests calculated. Anorexia Nervosa restrictive subtype = AN r, Anorexia Nervosa binge purge subtype AN b/p, Bulimia Nervosa = BN; Healthy Controls = HCs; NS = non significant.
Fig 1.
Attentional response to happy and sad expressions in participants with Eating Disorders and Healthy Controls.
Attentional response to happy and sad facial expressions (500 ms) compared between currently ill people (EDs) and and healthy controls (HCs). Attentional bias scores expressed as means, in milliseconds (ms).
Table 2.
Socio-emotional processes (attentional biases, emotion recognition, empathy and frequency of loss of attention and facial emotional expressions) evoked by video clips displaying happiness, sadness and anger.
Scores are expressed as means and standard deviations for participants with eating disorders (EDs) and healthy controls (HCs). Effect sizes of differences are presented.
Fig 2.
Frequencies of positive and negative facial expressions shown by participants with Eating Disorders and Healthy Controls.
Mean frequencies of positive facial expressions shown in response to happy displays and negative facial expressions shown in response to negative displays (i.e. sadness and anger) in participants with Eating Disorders (EDs) and Healthy Controls (HCs).