Table 4.
Comparison of gender-specific model indices for the total effect and serial mediation models in the female and male subgroups.
| Model characteristics | Female (n = 407) |
Male (n = 94) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | df | p | R2 | F | df | p | R2 | |
| A-Teasing → Depression | 57.9 | 1, 405 | <0.001 | 0.17 | 3.6 | 1, 92 | 0.060 | 0.05 |
| A-Teasing → ARS → DC → Depression | 67.1 | 3, 403 | <0.001 | 0.37 | 1.5 | 3, 90 | 0.223 | 0.06 |
| A-Teasing → Anxiety | 48.0 | 1, 405 | <0.001 | 0.14 | 2.8 | 1, 92 | 0.097 | 0.04 |
| A-Teasing → ARS → DC → Anxiety | 51.8 | 3, 403 | <0.001 | 0.31 | 1.3 | 3, 90 | 0.283 | 0.05 |
| A-Teasing → Self-Esteem | 32.4 | 1, 405 | <0.001 | 0.09 | 2.3 | 1, 92 | 0.133 | 0.05 |
| A-Teasing → ARS → DC → Self-Esteem | 58.2 | 3, 403 | <0.001 | 0.35 | 1.7 | 3, 90 | 0.179 | 0.08 |
A-Teasing, appearance teasing frequency (perceptions of teasing scale); ARS, appearance-based rejection sensitivity; DC, dysmorphic concerns.