Table 2.

Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, the Eating Disorder Inventory 2 subscales, the Physical Appearance Comparison Scale, the Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire, and the emotions toward the models (N = 230).

Variable	Possible range	Muslim women (n = 66)		Christian women (n = 90)		Atheist women (n = 74)		ANCOVA with Bonferroni-adjusted post hoc tests
		M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	df	P	ηp2
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
Restraint	0–6	0.95	1.07	1.32	1.30	1.14	1.19	2.423	2	0.091	0.02
Eating Concerns	0–6	0.75	0.95	0.78	0.84	0.84	0.92	1.072	2	0.344	0.01
Shape Concerns	0–6	1.79a,b	1.46	2.13c	1.44	2.20c	1.40	5.440∗	2	0.005	0.05
Weight Concerns	0–6	1.60b	1.44	1.70	1.36	1.84c	1.37	3.661∗	2	0.027	0.03
Eating Disorder Inventory 2
Drive for thinness	1–6	2.91	1.13	3.01	1.27	3.13	1.29	2.999	2	0.052	0.03
Bulimia	1–6	1.74	0.70	1.73	0.60	1.88	0.81	2.751	2	0.066	0.02
Body dissatisfaction	1–6	3.16a.b	1.34	3.24c	1.14	3.37c	1.05	5.072∗	2	0.007	0.04
Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire
Internalization	6–30	12.11a,b	5.88	15.57c	5.70	15.70c	6.38	9.520∗∗	2	0.000	0.08
Pressure	5–25	10.58a,b	5.57	12.60c	4.64	12.73c	5.42	4.331∗	2	0.014	0.04
Awareness	5–25	15.17	4.50	15.54	3.61	16.49	3.79	2.642	2	0.073	0.02
Physical Appearance Comparison Scale	5–25	11.20a,b	4.29	15.06c	3.59	14.04c	3.49	20.295∗∗	2	<0.001	0.15
Emotions toward the modelsd
Admiration	1–4	1.59	0.82	1.89	0.37	1.89	0.71	1.928	2	0.150	0.03
Rage	1–4	1.15	0.36	1.20	0.40	1.25	0.55	0.472	2	0.625	0.01
Contempt	1–4	1.24	0.61	1.28	0.50	1.17	0.38	0.540	2	0.584	0.01
Disgust	1–4	1.32	0.59	1.30	0.47	1.19	0.47	0.692	2	0.502	0.01

^∗∗p < 0.001; ^∗p < 0.05. ^aDiffer significantly from Christian women (p < 0.05). ^bDiffer significantly from atheist women (p < 0.05). ^cDiffer significantly from Muslim women (p < 0.05). ^dEmotions toward the models were only assessed in the experimental condition.