Table 1.
Summary of descriptive statistics for body satisfaction and biopsychosocial variables at Times 1 and 2 for the total sample
| Time 1 Variable | Mean (SD)/Median (IQR) Time 1 Time 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Body image outcome | |||
| Child body satisfactiona | 15.84 (2.44) | 17.23 (2.34) | |
|
Biological variables Child BMI |
16.53 (2.73) | 16.92 (2.44) | |
| Psychological variables | |||
| Child anxiety/depressiona | 48.06 (7.02) a | 47.94 (6.15) a | |
| Child self-esteemb | 4.00 (0.50) | 4.00 (0.25) | |
| Child self-oriented perfectionism | 10.35 (3.37) | 9.64 (3.31) | |
| Child socially prescribed perfectionismb | 7.00 (5.00) b | 6.00 (4.00) b | |
| Sociocultural variables | |||
| Mother body dissatisfaction | 69.89 (17.70) | 70.07 (17.04) | |
| Mother comments | 1.90 (0.59) | 1.92 (0.58) | |
| Father body dissatisfaction | 59.10 (14.74) | 59.76 (16.54) | |
| Father comments | 2.16 (0.63) | 2.16 (0.65) | |
| Peer teasingb | 5.00 (2.00)b | 5.00 (2.00) b | |
| Child media exposurea | 19.73 (8.49) a | 21.83 (9.81) a | |
Note. SD = Standard deviation, IQR = Interquartile range, a = mean reported for untransformed variables, b = median reported due to non-normal distribution of variable