Table 3.
Responses on fitspiration for participants who scored below/above cut-off value at the EAI.
| EAI <24 |
EAI >24 |
Group Differences |
p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 694 | N = 35 | |||
| SCS_below 27 | 110 (15.9%) | 10 (28.6%) | X2 = 3.921 | 0.048 |
| 1. I feel that the influencers I follow affect my look more than before | 1 [1; 2] | 2 [1; 4] | U = 9044.5 | 0.004 |
| 2. I feel more prone to use products or supplements recommended by influencers or seen on the Internet | 1 [1; 2] | 2 [1; 3] | U = 8335.5 | <0.001 |
| 3. I started to follow more influencers on social media in relation to fitness or sport activity | 1 [1; 2] | 2 [1; 4] | U = 8695.0 | 0.002 |
| 4. I feel more pressurized to exercise because of the constant exposure to exercise on social media (without Spain) | 1 [1; 2] | 2 [1; 3.75] | U = 3057.5 | 0.009 |
| 5. I downloaded any new fitness app during this period of physical distancing | 113 (16.3%) | 11 (31.4%) | X2 = 5.42 | 0.020 |
| 6. Since physical distancing I have spent time on non–work or study-related online activities, such as Social Networking | 4 [3; 4] | 3 [3; 5] | U = 11450.5 | 0.549 |
| Time online pre-Covid | 2 [1; 4] | 3 [2; 3] | U = 10964.0 | 0.323 |
| Time online during Covid | 4 [2; 6] | 4 [3; 8] | U = 11064.5 | 0.371 |
| Variation of time online | 1.5 [0.5; 2] | 1 [0; 3] | U = 12028.0 | 0.922 |
Results in bold are statistically significant. Item 6 includes browsing social media sites and messaging or communication over online social platforms. U = Mann-Whitney test; X2 = chi-square test.