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. 2011 Jun;34(3):493–504. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.06.001

Table 5.

Associations between “peer”, “scholastic” and “sport” factors and indicators of appearance (adjusted for gender).

Peer status
Scholastic status
Sports status
Estimated marginal mean F (sig) Partial eta-squared Estimated marginal mean F (sig) Partial eta-squared Estimated marginal mean F (sig) Partial eta-squared
Interviewer physical attractiveness rating
(Very) good .151 .070 .042
Average −.067 −.023 .022
(Very) poor −.284 29.4 (.000) .020 −.113 5.1 (.006) .003 −.177 6.2 (.002) .004



Interviewer physical maturity rating
Below average −.283 −.013 −.007
About average .022 .003 .023
Above average .093 17.0 (.000) .011 .031 0.3 (.772) .000 −.016 0.5 (.625) .000



Body mass categories (IOTF)
Underweight −.200 .041 .008
Normal .051 .028 .109
Overweight −.056 −.076 −.227
Obese −.218 7.8 (.000)* .008 .039 1.6 (.193) .002 −.457 32.3 (.000) .032

* = Interaction with gender significant p < .01.