Table 5.
Main effects in appearance-related social pressure for BMI - categories
| |
Under |
Low |
High |
Over |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
( n =338) |
( n =294) |
( n =362) |
( n =118) |
||
|
M |
M |
M |
M |
||
| (SD) | (SD) | (SD) | (SD) | ||
|
Parental Pressure | |||||
| Parental Teasing |
1.11 |
1.13 |
1.18 |
1.22 |
|
| (0.34) |
(0.35) |
(0.45) |
(0.56) |
||
| Injustice & Ignorance |
1.09 |
1.13 |
1.18 |
1.15 |
|
| (0.22) |
(0.29) |
(0.39) |
(0.35) |
||
| Parental Encouragement |
1.53a |
1.59a |
1.70a |
2.18b |
η2 = .07*** |
| (0.66) |
(0.68) |
(0.77) |
(0.89) |
||
| Parental Norms & Modeling |
2.01 |
2.16 |
2.19 |
2.17 |
|
| (0.69) |
(0.73) |
(0.81) |
(0.78) |
||
|
Peer Pressure | |||||
| Peer Teasing |
1.38a |
1.43a |
1.62b |
1.98c |
η2 = .09*** |
| (0.49) |
(0.50) |
(0.68) |
(0.92) |
||
| Exclusion |
1.68a |
1.73a |
1.97b |
2.29c |
η2 = .08*** |
| (0.62) |
(0.66) |
(0.85) |
(0.97) |
||
| School & Class Norms |
1.98a |
2.05ab |
2.22b |
2.15ab |
η2 = .02** |
| (0.70) |
(0.74) |
(0.83) |
(0.81) |
||
| Modeling by Friends | 2.33 |
2.44 |
2.52 |
2.45 |
|
| (0.74) | (0.76) | (0.78) | (0.80) | ||
Note. Under = underweight (BMI < 25th percentile), Low = low average (25th ≤ BMI < 50th percentile), High = high average (50th ≤ BMI < 85th percentile), Over = overweight (BMI ≥ 85th percentile). The items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Means with the same subscript are not significantly different.
*p < .05; **p < .01; *** p < .001.