Table 5 Multivariate analysis of the mothers’ personality factors as predictors of feeding and eating disorders among the studied cases

Tough-minded

 − .879

0.021*

0.415 (0.196–0.877)

Practical

 − 0.862

0.03*

0.422 (0.194–0.921)

Shrewd

 − 1.89

0.087

0.151 (0.017–1.32)

Self-assured

 − 0.764

0.076

0.466 (0.200–1.08)

Undisciplined

 − 1.34

0.001*

0.262 (0.122–0.561)

Tender minded

0.941

0.019*

2.56 (1.17–5.61)

Imaginative

1.106

0.008*

3.02 (1.34–6.82)

Forthright

1.95

0.093

7.02 (0.723–68.08)

Controlled

1.347

0.001*

3.84 (1076–8.23)