Table 3.

The Body Image Concern Scale factor scores (mean ± SD) in two gender groups, and their internal reliabilities and intercorrelations in all participants

	Social Avoidance	Appearance Dissatisfaction	Preoccupation with Reassurance	Perceived Distress/Discrimination	Defect Hiding	Embarrassment in Public
Score
Women (n=365)	5.74±2.74	1.85±3.94	12.05±4.37	8.71±3.70	9.21±3.78	5.18±2.33
Men (n=328)	6.00±2.89	9.68±3.67*	10.60±3.66*	8.30±3.32	8.46±3.53*	4.92±2.18
Internal alpha (n=693)	0.90	0.79	0.75	0.78	0.71	0.92
Intercorrelation (n=693)
Social Avoidance		0.32**	0.41**	0.45**	0.45**	0.38**
Appearance Dissatisfaction			0.53**	0.56**	0.36**	0.45**
Preoccupation with Reassurance				0.55**	0.43**	0.53**
Perceived Distress/Discrimination					0.48**	0.47**
Defect Hiding						0.44**

Notes:

^*P<0.05 vs women;

^**Significant correlation at P<0.01.