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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Body Image. 2021 Dec 28;40:182–199. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.12.012

Table 2b.

Multiple regression analyses predicting selected body surveillance and SATAQ-4 items.

Low Social Comparison: I Rarely Compare How I Look With How Other People Look (L) Low Self-Objectification: I Am More Concerned About What Body Can Do Than How It Looks (L) Low Appearance Monitoring: I Rarely Worry About How I Look To Other People (L)
All Men Women All Men Women All Men Women
β β β β β β β β β
Gender −0.34*** −0.28*** −0.30***
Gay/Lesbian .02 −0.42*** .41*** .02 −0.36*** .33*** −0.04 −0.36*** .25***
Bisexual .02 .02 .03 .03 −0.02 .06 .03 −0.04 .06
Other Orientation .19* .07 .23** .40*** .12 .49*** .12 −0.11 .20*
Hispanic .09* .13* .04 .04 .04 .02 .05 .03 .05
Black .28*** .23*** .32*** .10** .12* .09* .19*** .18** .20***
Asian .11** .10 .03* .06 .00 .10 .03 −0.02 .07
Other Race .08* .08 .09 .04 .04 .06 .01 −0.05 .06
Age .18*** .17*** .19*** .17*** .16*** .19*** .12*** .11*** .14***
BMI −0.13*** −0.10*** −0.16*** −0.10*** −0.09*** −0.11*** −0.11*** −0.08*** −0.13***
BMI2 .01 .00 .02* .01 .00 .02 .00 −0.01 .02*
Education −0.05*** −0.05*** −0.05*** −0.01 −0.03* .01 −0.03** −0.04** −0.02
Adjusted. R 2 .05*** .04*** .06*** .05*** .03*** .04*** .04*** .03*** .03***
F 70.3 22.6 35.2 49.1 17.7 25.1 43.0 13.4 17.2
df 12, 11,607 11, 5281 11, 6315 12, 11,607 11, 5281 11, 6315 12, 11,607 11, 5281 11 6315
Leanness Cognitions: I Want My Body To Look Very Lean Athletic Cognitions: It Is Important For Me To Look Athletic Athletic Behaviors: I Spend Lot Time Doing Things To Look Athletic
All Men Women All Men Women All Men Women
β β β β β β β β β
Gender .14*** −0.43*** −0.44***
Gay/Lesbian .04 .21** −0.11 −0.02 −0.24*** .15* −0.10* −0.06 .04
Bisexual −0.14*** −0.04 −0.19*** −0.17*** −0.29*** −0.12** −0.12** −0.21** −0.07
Other Orientation −0.32*** −0.36* −0.31** −0.35*** −0.68*** −0.25** −0.37*** −0.81*** −0.24**
Hispanic −0.03 −0.03 −0.03 .08 .08 .09 .10* .05 .12
Black −0.28*** −0.17** −0.36*** −0.07 .17** −0.21*** .02 .27*** −0.17***
Asian −0.01 .03 −0.04 −0.10* −0.01 −0.18** .03 .13* −0.11
Other Racial group −.06 .03 −0.13** .07* .15** .02 .03 .12* −0.04
Age −0.15*** −0.13*** −0.17*** −0.15*** −0.15*** −0.15*** −0.15*** −0.22*** −0.14***
BMI .06*** .12*** .04* −0.07*** −0.01 −0.12*** −0.08*** .10*** −0.14***
BMI2 −.03*** −0.05*** −0.02* −0.03*** −0.06*** .00 −0.04*** −0.06*** −0.01
Education .02* .02 .02 .12*** .11*** .13*** .07*** .06*** .08***
Adjusted. R 2 .03*** .02*** .03*** .10*** .06*** .06*** .11*** .06*** .05***
F 29.4 12.6 21.2 114.0 29.4 37.2 118.9 31.8 32.9
df 12 11,607 11, 5281 11, 6315 12, 11,619 11, 5281 11, 6315 12, 11,607 11, 5281 11, 6315

Note.

***

p < .001,

**

p < .01,

*

p < .05.

The dummy coded reference categories were men for gender, White for racial group, and heterosexual for sexual orientation.