Table 2. Body image, self-esteem and mental self-schemas in the groups with different BMI and weight-related stigmatization experiences—Mann–Whitney U tests.
| Variables | Median in the BMI group (interquartile range) | Median in the weight-related stigmatization experiences group (interquartile range) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Excess | p | ES | No | Yes | p | ES | |
| (1) Actual body image | 5.0 (2.0) | 8.0 (1.0) | <0.001 | −0.822 | 5.0 (1.0) | 6.0 (2.0) | <0.001 | −0.599 |
| (2) Ideal body image | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.5 (1.5) | <0.001 | −0.399 | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.0 (2.0) | 0.264 | −0.064 |
| (3) Reflected body image | 4.0 (1.0) | 7.0 (1.5) | <0.001 | −0.819 | 4.0 (2.0) | 6.0 (2.0) | <0.001 | −0.604 |
| (4) Ought body image according to men | 4.0 (2.0) | 4.0 (2.0) | 0.787 | −0.019 | 4.0 (2.0) | 3.0 (1.0) | 0.072 | 0.104 |
| (5) Ought body image according to women | 3.0 (1.0) | 3.0 (1.5) | 0.871 | 0.011 | 3.0 (1.0) | 3.0 (1.0) | 0.087 | 0.098 |
| Discrepancy (1)–(2) | 1.0 (1.0) | 3.0 (2.0) | <0.001 | −0.635 | 1.0 (2.0) | 2 (1.0) | <0.001 | −0.635 |
| Discrepancy (1)–(3) | 0.0 (1.0) | 0.0 (1.0) | 0.003 | 0.202 | 0.0 (1.0) | 0 (1.0) | 0.008 | 0.147 |
| Discrepancy (1)–(4) | 1.0 (1.0) | 4.0 (2.0) | <0.001 | −0.739 | 1.0 (2.0) | 3 (2.0) | <0.001 | −0.612 |
| Discrepancy (1)–(5) | 2.0 (2.0) | 5.0 (2.0) | <0.001 | −0.730 | 2.0 (2.0) | 4 (3.0) | <0.001 | −0.595 |
| (6) Mental actual self | 82.0 (21.0) | 76.5 (22.5) | 0.002 | 0.228 | 84.0 (18.0) | 77.0 (23.0) | <0.001 | 0.242 |
| (7) Mental reflected self | 88.0 (22.0) | 83.0 (22.0) | 0.011 | 0.184 | 91.0 (22.0) | 83.0 (24.0) | 0.001 | 0.190 |
| Discrepancy (6)–(7) | −6.0 (12.0) | −6.0 (17.0) | 0.874 | −0.012 | −6.0 (12.0) | −6.0 (15.0) | 0.642 | 0.028 |
| Self-esteem | 29.0 (7.0) | 27.0 (7.0) | 0.012 | 0.183 | 30.0 (6.0) | 26.0 (8.0) | <0.001 | 0.396 |
Note:
p-value significant with the Holm–Bonferroni correction were presented in bold; ES, effect size is given by the rank biserial correlation.