Table 2.

Bivariate associations of self-esteem, body size dissatisfaction and demographic characteristics, self-perception of weight, health status, and coping skills

	Self-esteem Score						Body Size Dissatisfaction
	Peer Esteem (mean)	p Value	School Esteem (mean)	p Value	Home Esteem (mean)	p Value	Score (mean)	p Value
Gender^a
Boys	8.77	0.37	9.93	0.03	14.47	0.17	1.17	0.57
Girls	9.06		9.21		13.88		1.38
Age category^a
10–< 12 years	8.65		9.18		14.15		1.49
12–< 14 years	9.21	0.61	9.51	0.38	14.27	0.84	1.37	0.16
14–< 16 years	8.92		9.71		14.26		1.58
16–18 years	9.00		10.00		13.72		0.39
Perception of own body weight^a
Underweight	9.58a^c		9.63		14.32		0.10a
About right	9.16	0.01	9.71	0.38	14.41	0.27	0.69b	< 0.0001
Overweight	8.33a		9.22		13.68		2.67a,b
Attempts to lose weight^a
Trying to lose weight	8.68		9.28		13.88		2.41a,b
Trying to stay the same	9.13	0.16	10.05	0.04	14.38	0.39	0.18a	< 0.0001
Trying to gain weight	9.64		9.00		14.64		−0.73b
Restricted calories to lose weight^a,^d
Yes	8.27	0.002	9.00	0.013	13.28	< 0.002	2.12	0.0003
No	9.32		9.82		14.62		0.81
Exercised to lose weight^a,^d
Yes	8.94	0.89	9.49	0.82	14.06	0.72	2.06	< 0.0001
No	8.89		9.56		14.21		0.61
Perceived state of health^a
Very healthy	8.64		9.41		13.27a		1.43
Quite healthy	9.14	0.19	9.69	0.17	14.65a,b	0.001	1.20	0.88
Not very healthy	8.36		8.77		12.86b		1.21
# of close friends^a
Two or less	8.41	0.05	9.52	0.98	14.03	0.76	1.52	0.36
Three or more	9.12		9.53		14.18		1.15
Ease at making new friends^a
Very easy	9.35^a		9.68a		13.85		1.10
Easy	9.16^b	0.002	9.81b	0.003	14.49	0.07	1.12	0.29
Difficult/very difficult	7.81^a,^b		8.40a,b		13.29		1.81
Acculturation score^b	0.05	0.59	0.05	0.60	0.05	0.578	0.14	0.13
Body size dissatisfaction score^b	−0.32	0.0008	−0.27	0.005	−0.15	0.13	—	—
BMI z-score^b
All subjects	−0.24	0.01	−0.11	0.27	−0.11	0.24	0.71	< 0.0001
Boys	−0.18	0.23	−0.14	0.36	−0.03	0.83	0.64	< 0.0001
Girls	−0.24	0.06	−0.10	0.45	−0.20	0.11	0.76	< 0.0001

ANOVA was used to test for significant differences between the descriptive variables in peer esteem, school esteem, home esteem, and body size dissatisfaction scores.

Spearman correlation was used to test for correlation between acculturation or body size dissatisfaction and the three domains of self-esteem.

Means with the same letter are significantly different from each other within a category.

Within the last 30 days.