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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2015 Sep 24;39(2):334–345. doi: 10.1007/s10865-015-9682-x

Table 3.

Characteristics of participants from Study 2 by gender

Characteristic Total sample Males Females Test of difference
Racial/ethnic minority 79.4 % 79.2 % 79.5 % χ2 = .00, ns
BMI 23.02 (4.49) 22.91 (4.30) 23.14 (4.71) t = −.50, ns
Weight dissatisfaction 2.57 (1.53) 2.36 (1.17) 2.81 (1.26) t = 4.00, p <.001
Appearance evaluation 3.70 (.85) 3.82 (.89) 3.54 (.79) t = 3.32, p <.001
Disordered eating 1.32 (.37) 1.19 (.28) 1.45 (.41) t = −7.27, p <.001
FRS self figure rating 4.56 (1.30) 4.77 (1.27) 4.34 (1.30) t = 3.38, p = .001
Heaviest friend FRS rating 5.56 (1.34) 5.63 (1.40) 5.48 (1.27) t = 1.17, ns
Thinnest friend FRS rating 3.19 (1.11) 3.37 (1.08) 3.00 (1.10) t = 3.36, p <.001
*

p <.05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001