Table 2.

Mean scores of psychological measures and comparisons between age groups.

	Range	Aged 14–24 M (SD)	Aged 25–35 M (SD)	t	Hedges' g [95% CI]
Self-esteem	10–40	26.86 (6.42)	28.61 (6.43)	−6.43⁎⁎	0.27 [0.19; 0.36]
Body dissatisfaction	0–40	16.39 (9.9)	17.38 (10.9)	−2.26⁎	−0.20 [−0.28; −0.11]
Drive for thinness	0–28	10.99 (8.56)	10.57 (8.13)	1.23

Sample sizes differ among questionnaires as not all participants completed all measures. EDI-3 was fulfilled by 2471 women and RSES by 2357 women. ^⁎p < .05; ^⁎⁎p < .001.