Eating and Psychological Profiles of Women with Higher Depressive Symptoms Who Are Trying to Lose Weight

Table 3

Difference between groups for motivational variables.

Variables	Lower depressive SX (𝑛 = 21)	Higher depressive SX (𝑛 = 24)	MANOVA	𝑃
	𝑀 (SD)	𝑀 (SD)
REBS—Intrinsic^e	5.15 (1.44)	4.34 (1.44)	𝐹(1,43)=3.58	0.065
REBS—Integrated^e	5.33 (1.22)	4.24 (1.51)	𝐹(1,43)=7.03	0.011
REBS—Identified^e	6.36 (0.73)	5.88 (1.09)	𝐹(1,43)=2.95	0.093
REBS—Introjected^e	3.02 (1.03)	3.98 (1.71)	𝐹(1,43)=4.98	0.031
REBS—External^e	1.54 (1.02)	2.40 (1.86)	𝐹(1,43)=3.54	0.066
REBS—Amotivation^e	1.17 (0.37)	1.65 (0.91)	𝐹(1,43)=5.08	0.029
GMS—Intrinsic^f	5.64 (1.15)	5.14 (1.19)	𝐹(1,43)=2.01	0.164
GMS—Identified^f	5.51 (0.94)	5.16 (0.94)	𝐹(1,43)=1.50	0.228
GMS—Introjected^f	3.43 (1.31)	4.10 (1.26)	𝐹(1,43)=2.98	0.092
GMS—External^f	3.43 (1.31)	4.10 (1.26)	𝐹(1,43)=2.98	0.092
GMS—Amotivation^f	1.59 (0.61)	2.20 (1.39)	𝐹(1,43)=3.36	0.074

^*𝑃<0.005 (Bonferroni correction); ^eMANOVA 5; ^fMANOVA 6.