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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2013 Jan 19;43(1):15–29. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9899-8

Table 1.

Mean level of body image discrepancy and physical self-worth for sex and race/ethnicity

Variables Body image discrepancy
 Physical self-worth
M SE/SD a Z-test M SE/SD Z-test
Sex 1.95* 3.52***
 Girls .59 .02/.70 17.51 .15/4.15
 Boys .64 .02/.68 18.02 .15/3.74
Race/ethnicity −5.72*** 7.24***
 Latino .67 .03/.71 17.07 .25/4.00
 African American .62 .03/.71 18.14 .22/3.93
 White .48 .02/.60 18.61 .20/3.72
 Other .56 .05/.70 18.07 .32/3.78

N = 5147. The range for body image discrepancy is 0–6 and physical self-worth is 6–24

a

Standard error/standard deviation

*

p < .05;

** p < .01;

***

p < .001