. 2022 Dec 9;52(3):651–669. doi: 10.1007/s10964-022-01717-y

Table 5.

Baseline Parameter Estimates of Multigroup Latent Growth Curve Modeling

	Identity Trajectory Class
Parameters	Achievement	Carefree diffusion	Moratorium	Troubled diffusion-increasing exploration
Drive for thinness
Mean intercept	2.458***^b	2.016***^a	2.660***^b	2.579***^b
Mean slope	0.069	−0.014	0.070	0.059
Bulimia
Mean intercept	1.925***^ac	1.761***^a	2.230***^b	2.016***^bc
Mean slope	0.095*	0.002	0.108*	0.032
Negative body image
Mean intercept	2.905***^a	2.709***^a	3.325***^b	3.486***^b
Mean slope	0.070	−0.028	0.010	0.039
Positive body image
Mean intercept	3.619***^b	3.600***^b	3.357***^a	3.127***^a
Mean slope	0.017	0.077	0.034	0.014
Sociocultural pressures
Mean intercept	1.885***^b	1.526***^a	2.117***^b	1.921***^b
Mean slope	0.163***	0.058	0.079	0.203*
Internalization thin ideal
Mean intercept	2.770***^b	2.284***^a	3.047***^b	3.062***^b
Mean slope	0.112	0.011	0.046	0.193
Internalization muscular ideal
Mean intercept	2.988***	2.781***	2.948***	2.663***
Mean slope	0.104	0.035	−0.009	−0.096
Physical appearance comparison
Mean intercept	2.598***^b	2.262***^a	2.946***^c	2.717***^bc
Mean slope	0.103^bc	0.000^ab	−0.023^a	0.223**^c
Self-objectification
Mean intercept	2.645***^b	2.332***^a	2.872***^c	2.744***^bc
Mean slope	0.062	0.080	0.002	0.142

Within rows, intercepts and slopes differ at p < 0.05 if they have different superscripts (letters a, b, or bc). Parameters without superscripts do not differ significantly from one another. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001