Table 1. Multiple regression summary for males and females: standardized beta coefficients and significant t values.

Predictor variable	Males	Females (beta)
Depression
Hours watched	0.127	0.384
Idolization of characters	-0.558	0.957
Desire to be similar	1.221	0.751
Friends’ desire to be similar	0.218/2.650†	2.013
Discrepancy from ideal	0.111	0.539
Cumulative R2	0.07	0.05
Anxiety
Hours watched	0.072	-0.046
Idolization of characters	0.079	0.032
Desire to be similar	0.010	0.121
Friends’ desire to be similar	0.183/2.184*	0.286/2.329†
Discrepancy from ideal	-0.009	0.949
Cumulative R2	0.04	0.11
Eating disordered behavior
Hours watched	-0.046	0.004
Idolization of characters	0.032	-0.083
Desire to be similar	0.121	0.211/2.611†
Friends’ desire to be similar	0.286/3.556†	0.110
Discrepancy from ideal	0.005	0.310
Cumulative R2	0.12	0.19
Body uneasiness
Hours watched	0.022	0.036
Idolization of characters	-0.048	0.031
Desire to be similar	0.143	0.214/2.726†
Friends’ desire to be similar	0.213/2.613†	0.194/2.415*
Discrepancy from ideal	0.117	0.332/4.292‡
Cumulative R2	0.09	0.24

^*p < 0.05;

^†p < 0.01;

^‡p < 0.001.