Table 2.

Gender-specific differences in body dissatisfaction and self-esteem scores and body mass index among 1343 adolescent girls and boys

	Girls (N = 650)		Boys (N = 693)
	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	p	Cohen’s d
BD of EDI	30.6	(12.2)	18.9	(9.5)	< 0.001	1.1*
BMI (kg/m2)	20.3	(2.9)	20.3	(3.2)	> 0.05	0.0
RSES	28.0	(5.9)	31.3	(4.8)	< 0.001	0.6**

BD of EDI - Body Dissatisfaction subscale of the Eating Disorder Inventory, BMI - body mass index, RSES - Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.

^*Cohen’s d = large.

^**Cohen’s d = medium