Table 1.
Correlation Matrix of Study Variables (n = 193)
| Age | BMI | EAT | Pre-BID | BID-change score | Pre-Self-esteem | Pre-Thin-ideal internalisation | AC | Extent of Facebook use | Facebook activity similar to study | Personally identify with stimuli | Stimuli similar to everyday exposure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 1 | .184* | -.001 | -.121 | -.121 | .222** | -.022 | -.211** | -.134 | .000 | -.075 | -.149* |
| BMI | 1 | .157* | .235** | .011 | -.016 | .189** | .047 | .003 | .080 | -.118 | -.034 | |
| EAT | 1 | .397** | .172* | -.295** | .450** | .494** | .166* | .180* | .215** | -.008 | ||
| Pre-BID | 1 | .001 | -.572** | .373** | .485** | .196** | .162* | .071 | -.048 | |||
| BID-change score | 1 | -.144* | .312** | .357** | .013 | .091 | .101 | -.095 | ||||
| Pre-Self-esteem | 1 | -.302** | -.374** | -.069 | -.051 | -.114 | .003 | |||||
| Pre-Thin-ideal internalisation | 1 | .543** | .120 | .173* | .150* | -.131 | ||||||
| AC | 1 | .173* | .229** | .327** | .042 | |||||||
| Extent of Facebook use | 1 | .276** | .021 | .108 | ||||||||
| Facebook activity similar to study | 1 | .051 | .129 | |||||||||
| Personally identify with stimuli | 1 | .070 | ||||||||||
| Stimuli similar to everyday exposure | 1 |
Note. BMI, Body Mass Index; EAT, Eating Attitudes Test; Pre-BID, Pre-exposure Body Image Dissatisfaction; BID-change score, Body Image dissatisfaction change score; AC, Appearance Comparison
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)