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. 2017 Feb 15;8:209. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00209

Table 2.

Means, standard deviations, and differences between the motives for the self and the peer.

Self
Peer
Motive M SD M SD F(1,771)a p ηp2
Health-related motives
Health 5.11 1.19 4.39 1.09 195.98 <0.001 0.20
Natural Concerns 4.47 1.73 3.93 1.21 64.79 <0.001 0.08
Weight Control 3.28 1.53 4.28 1.16 205.89 <0.001 0.21
Sensory-biological motives
Liking 5.48 0.96 5.20 0.85 47.74 <0.001 0.06
Need and Hunger 5.27 1.14 5.24 0.98 0.22 0.636 -
Visual Appeal 3.31 1.38 4.65 1.19 520.85 <0.001 0.40
Economic motives
Habits 4.54 1.40 5.22 0.83 181.77 <0.001 0.19
Convenience 3.94 1.42 5.10 1.03 393.22 <0.001 0.34
Price 3.32 1.45 4.85 1.12 605.68 <0.001 0.44
Emotional motives
Pleasure 4.45 1.25 4.97 1.00 114.42 <0.001 0.13
Affect Regulation 2.43 1.37 4.06 1.12 794.83 <0.001 0.51
Social motives
Sociability 4.00 1.44 4.83 1.01 221.82 <0.001 0.22
Traditional Eating 3.05 1.36 4.49 1.22 707.18 <0.001 0.48
Social Norms 1.93 1.12 3.74 1.21 1108.46 <0.001 0.59
Social Image 1.90 1.01 3.78 1.28 1253.38 <0.001 0.62

aStatistics refer to simple main effect analyses of target (self vs. peer) in the 15 × 2 ANOVA with the within-subject factors motives and target. Responses were given on a scale from 1 ‘never’ to 7 ‘always.’