Table 5.

Spearman correlations between emerging adult perceptions of their friends’ behaviors and friends’ actual disordered eating and muscle building behaviors (N = 191 friends).

	Men	Women
Diet to lose weight/keep from gaining weight	.40*	.31***
Extreme weight-control behaviors	–	.28**
Use protein powder, shakes, or a pre-workout drink	−.02	.28**
Use steroids or another muscle building substance	.10	−.03

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001.

– not calculable.