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Table 5.

Spearman Rank-Order Correlations between each variable stratified by sex and sexual orientation.

	BSQ	DFT	DFM	SATAQ	EAT	RSES
HETEROSEXUAL MEN (BELOW DASHES; n = 130) AND WOMEN (ABOVE DASHES; n = 361)
BSQ	−	0.801^***	0.269^***	0.565^***	0.687^***	−0.473^***
DFT	0.613^***	−	0.198^***	0.477^***	0.809^***	−0.375^***
DFM	0.271^**	0.288^**	−	0.230^***	0.232^***	−0.134^*
SATAQ	0.376^***	0.429^***	0.463^***	−	0.457^***	−0.330^***
EAT	0.462^***	0.549^***	0.404^***	0.513^***	−	−0.274^***
RSES	−0.287^**	−0.317^**	−0.244^**	−0.313^**	−0.252^**	−
GAY/BISEXUAL MEN (BELOW DASHES; n = 116) AND WOMEN (ABOVE DASHES; n = 86)
BSQ	−	0.757^***	0.231^*	0.600^**	0.671^***	−0.504^***
DFT	0.762^***^a	−	0.164	0.489^***	0.845^***	−0.409^***
DFM	0.270^**	0.152	−	0.185	0.262^*	−0.12
SATAQ	0.509^***	0.415^***	0.310^**	−	0.447^***	−0.359^***
EAT	0.695^***^b	0.742^***^b	0.263^**	0.319^***	−	−0.359^**
RSES	−0.493^***^a	−0.442^***	−0.115	−0.119	−0.366^***	−

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01;

^***

p < 0.001; Fisher r-to-z transformation reveals a significant difference between correlation coefficients of heterosexual and gay members of the same sex where

p < 0.05,

p < 0.01; BSQ, Body Shape Questionnaire; DFT, Drive for Thinness Scale from the Eating Disorder Inventory-II; DFM, Drive for Muscularity; SATAQ, Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire; EAT, Eating Attitudes Test; RSES, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.