. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 13.

Published in final edited form as: J Early Adolesc. 2009 Mar 6;30(2):205–224. doi: 10.1177/0272431609332936

Table 1.

Means (Standard Deviations) for Age-10 and Age-14 Global Self-Esteem, Appearance Satisfaction, and BMI, and Age-14 Self-Reported Dieting, Separately by Gender

	Girls		Boys
	Age 10	Age 14	Age 10	Age 14
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
Global self-esteem^a	3.25 (.65)	3.25 (.65)	3.41 (.56)	3.21 (.65)
Appearance satisfaction^a	2.91 (.81)	2.70 (.73)	3.19 (.65)	2.79 (.63)
BMI^b	17.80 (3.08)	21.39 (4.01)	18.15 (3.67)	20.71 (3.96)
Self-reported dieting^c	---	2.22 (1.15)	---	1.73 (1.07)

Note. n = 52 girls. n = 78 boys.

possible range: 1 to 4.

acutal range: 12.9 to 31.09 for girls and 12.48 34.24 for boys.

possible range: 1 to 5. --- indicates this construct was not measured at age 10.