Table 1.

Mean scores on measures of body dissatisfaction, self-esteem and depressive symptoms by gender, weight status and time of assessment (time 1, early adolescence; time 2, late adolescence).

	Normal weight	Obese	Fi	p	Effect sizeii
	Mean ±SE	Mean ±SE
Time 1
Body dissatisfaction
Males	40.1 ±0.6	29.5 ± 1.3	54.2	<.01	0.18
Females	35.9 ±0.6	27.7 ±1.3	32.6	<.01	0.10
Self-esteem
Males	19.1 ±0.2	16.8 ±0.5	14.7	<.01	0.05
Females	18.2 ±0.2	16.8 ±0.5	5.6	<.05	0.02
Depressive mood
Males	9.1 ±0.2	10.1 ±0.4	5.3	<.05	0.02
Females	10.4 ±0.2	10.9 ±0.4	0.9	0.34	0.00
Time 2
Body dissatisfaction
Males	37.6 ±0.6	28.4 ±1.2	45.3	<.01	0.13
Females	33.4 ±0.6	22.8 ±1.4	48.3	<.01	0.13
Self-esteem
Males	19.3 ±0.2	17.6 ±0.5	9.7	<.01	0.03
Females	18.1 ±0.2	15.9 ±0.5	14.4	<.01	0.05
Depressive mood
Males	9.9 ±0.2	11.4 ±0.4	10.9	<.01	0.04
Females	11.5 ±0.2	12.3 ±0.5	2.1	0.15	0.01

ⁱF value obtained from an analysis of covariance, controlling for age, socio-economic status and ethnicity/race.

ⁱⁱPartial eta squared.