Table 3.

Pearson’s correlation between psychological characteristics and figurate rating scale scores

	1)	2)	3)	4)	5)	6)	7)	8)
HEW
1) Age	–
2) BMI	0.133**	–
3) RSES	0.156**	− 0.038	–
4) PACS	− 0.074	0.015	− 0.407**	–
5) PHQ9	− 0.132**	0.024	− 0.612**	0.309**	–
6) EAT26-TOTAL	− 0.148**	0.028	− 0.328**	0.278**	0.389**	–
7) FRS PD	0.135**	− 0.112*	− 0.187**	0.218**	0.129**	0.069	–
8) FRS BWD	0.203**	0.418**	− 0.219**	0.268**	0.212**	0.214**	0.569**	–
BIW
1) Age	–
2) BMI	− 00.029	–
3) RSES	0.110	− 0.202	–
4) PACS	− 0.119	0.335**	− 0.521**	–
5) PHQ9	0.059	0.192	− 0.700**	0.244*	–
6) EAT26-TOTAL	0.016	0.349**	− 0.348**	0.433**	0.323**	–
7) FRS PD	− 0.146	− 0.100	− 0.270*	0.420**	0.131	0.407**	–
8) FRS BWD	− 0.052	0.444**	− 0.244*	0.483**	0.274*	0.538**	0.268*	–
Lesbian
1) Age	–
2) BMI	0.704**	–
3) RSES	0.107	− 0.067	–
4) PACS	0.348	0.255	− 0.141	–
5) PHQ9	0.088	0.349	− 0.584**	− 0.004	–
6) EAT26-TOTAL	0.145	− 0.044	− 0.595**	0.048	0.503**	–
7) FRS PD	0.199	0.519**	0.014	0.174	0.228	− 0.188	–
8) FRS BWD	0.575**	0.877**	− 0.056	0.236	0.379*	− 0.070	0.785**	–
HEM
1) Age	–
2) BMI	0.392**	–
3) RSES	0.038	− 0.017	–
4) PACS	0.022	− 0.001	− 0.188**	–
5) PHQ9	− 0.094	0.034	− 0.699**	0.140*	–
6) EAT26-TOTAL	0.077	0.476**	− 0.204**	0.153*	0.224**	–
7) FRS PD	0.287**	0.258**	− 0.246**	0.307*	0.214**	0.141*	–
8) FRS BWD	0.301**	0.770**	− 0.209**	0.094	0.204**	0.447**	0.560**	–
BIM
1) Age	–
2) BMI	0.317*	–
3) RSES	0.574**	0.042	–
4) PACS	− 0.701**	− 0.624**	− 0.406**	–
5) PHQ9	− 0.499**	0.044	− 0.669**	0.037	–
6) EAT26-TOTAL	− 0.562**	− 0.393**	− 0.555**	0.516**	0.687**	–
7) FRS PD	− 0.787**	− 0.471**	− 0.342**	0.630**	0.042	0.183	–
8) FRS BWD	− 0.400**	0.348*	− 0.322*	0.278	− 0.045	− 0.093	0.256	–
Gay
1) Age	–
2) BMI	0.054	–
3) RSES	0.177	− 0.012	–
4) PACS	0.124	− 0.104	− 0.185	–
5) PHQ9	− 0.274*	− 0.077	− 0.533**	0.183	–
6) EAT26-TOTAL	0.128	0.095	− 0.370**	0.362**	0.445**	–
7) FRS PD	− 0.167	0.025	0.037	0.387**	0.253	0.188	–
8) FRS BWD	0.007	0.606**	0.080	0.173	0.114	0.287*	0.604**	–

Pearson correlations between the assessed psychological variables

RSES Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, PACS Physical Appearance Comparison Scale, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9, EAT26 Eating Attitudes Test, HEW heterosexual wsomen, BIW bisexual women, HEM heterosexual men, BIM bisexual men, FRS Figure Rating Scale, PD perceptual distortion, BWD body weight dissatisfaction

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tails); **correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tails)