Table 6.
Variable | Scale range | Baseline, mean (SD) | After the intervention | Follow-up | ||||||||||
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Intervention | Control | Intervention, mean (SD) | Control, mean (SD) | F test (df) | P value | Effect sizea | Intervention, mean (SD) | Control, mean (SD) | F test (df) | P value | Effect sizea | |
Body Image Ideals Questionnaireb | −3 to 9 | 2.12 (1.17) | 1.59 (1.12) | 1.24 (0.95) | 1.53 (1.20) | 16.07c (1) | <.001d | 0.15 | 1.69 (1.23) | 1.32 (1.24) | 0.69 (1) | .41 | 0.007 | |
Body Appreciation Scale-2e | 1 to 5 | 3.45 (0.73) | 3.55 (0.68) | 3.83 (0.065) | 3.61 (0.068) | 5.71f (1) | .02 | 0.057 | 3.75 (0.07) | 3.60 (0.073) | 20.32 (1) | .13 | 0.024 | |
Self-Compassion Scale-Short Forme | 1 to 5 | 3.00 (0.60) | 3.15 (0.64) | 3.33 (0.054) | 3.17 (0.057) | 4.039f (1) | .047 | 0.041 | 3.24 (0.06) | 3.12 (0.060) | 10.79 (1) | .18 | 0.019 | |
SATAQ-4Rg: Muscularity internalisationb | 1 to 5 | 3.44 (0.74) | 3.28 (0.81) | 3.17 (0.092) | 3.20 (0.097) | .070 (1) | .79 | 0.001 | 3.27 (0.09) | 3.25 (0.093) | 0.018 (1) | .89 | 0.000 | |
SATAQ-4R: Peer pressureb | 1 to 5 | 2.79 (1.14) | 2.78 (1.10) | 2.57 (0.12) | 2.85 (0.12) | 2.72 (1) | .10 | 0.028 | 2.48 (0.10) | 2.63 (0.11) | 0.99 (1) | .32 | 0.01 | |
SATAQ-4R: Media pressureb | 1 to 5 | 2.70 (1.10) | 2.71 (1.05) | 2.54 (0.13) | 2.62 (0.13) | 0.17 (1) | .68 | 0.002 | 2.78 (0.12) | 2.65 (0.12) | 0.61 (1) | .44 | 0.006 |
aEffect sizes of 0.01=small, 0.06=moderate, and 0.14=large [68].
bLower scores are more desirable.
cP<.001.
dItalicized values indicate a significant P value at .05.
eHigher scores are more desirable.
fP<.05.
gSATAQ-4R: Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-4 Revised.