Table 3. Eating behavior, body dissatisfaction, and perfectionism dimension mean scores, by self-esteem groups (one-way ANOVA).

	Low (n=97)	Moderate (n=386)	High (n=85)	F	p-value	Post-hoc* †
ChEAT	12.36-9.965	7.31±6.649	5.94+5.649	23.09	< 0.001	1† > 2‡, 3‡
BMI	20.78-3.140	20.37±2.844	20.13+2.616	1.165	NS	-
BD	-1.33-1.612	-0.69±1.255	-0.61+0.989	10.44	< 0.001	1† > 2‡, 3‡
CAPS	67.85-15.955	66.00±13.464	64.34+16.32	1.36	NS	-
SPP	28.06-9.113	26.79±7.857	24.14+8.572	5.49	0.004	1* > 3‡, 2 > 3§

Data presented as mean and standard deviation.1 = low; 2 = moderate; 3 = high.

BD = body dissatisfaction; BMI = body mass index; CAPS = Total Children and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale; ChEAT = Total Children Eating Attitudes Test; M = mean; NS = non-significant; SD = standard deviation; SPP = socially prescribed perfectionism.

^*Tamhane’s test;

^†Least significant difference;

^‡p < 0.001;

^§p < 0.05.