Table 3.

Means (and standard deviations) for age groups in personal body attitudes scores

	General score	Age group			ANOVA F	dfs	dfs	ηp2	Games-Howe11a
		6–7 years old (a)	8–9 years old (b)	10–11 years old (c)		between	within
Self-identification	3.86 (0.92)	3.58 (1.05)	3.83 (0.84)	4.18 (0.78)	4.46*	2	117	0.07	c > a
Averted identification	5.20 (2.71)	6.50 (1.60)	5.90 (2.29)	3.20 (2.89)	22.88***	2	117	0.28	a > b > c
Ideal identification	3.69 (0.84)	3.50 (1.10)	3.68 (0.73)	3.90 (0.59)	2.28	2	117	0.04	–
Body dissatisfaction	0.17 (1.02)	0.08 (1.28)	0.15 (0.92)	0.28 (0.81)	0.38	2	117	0.00	–

^aStatistical significance was defined as p < 0.05 for post hoc tests.

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001.