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. 2021 Apr 8;38:148–156. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.04.002

Table 1.

Inter-coder agreement and reliability for coding variables.

Variable Inter-rater agreement (%) Reliability (Kappa)
Image content 94 0.91
Animal images
Animal species 98 0.88
Food images
Food: desserts 93 0.84
Food: nutrient-dense foods 94 0.86
Food: calorie-dense foods 91 0.82
Food: alcohol 95 0.87
Human images
Demographic information
Gender 99 0.98
Race/ethnicity 93 0.88
Body-related information
Body size 82 0.72
Degree of muscular definition 85 0.78
Clothing, activity, and objectification
Clothing: revealing 93 0.89
Activity 99 0.98
Objectifying 91 0.86
Objectification: body shot 97 0.94
Objectification: headshot/selfie 97 0.94
Post themes
Negative body image
Negative body-related self-conscious emotions 85 0.93
 Body-related shame 86 0.91
 Body-related guilt 86 0.91
 Body-related embarrassment 87 0.86
 Body-related envy 89 0.90
 General self-consciousness 85 0.91
Body dissatisfaction 87 0.78
Positive body image
Body appreciation 94 0.86
Adaptive investment in body care 95 0.87
Body-related pride 90 0.81
Appearance-focused themes
Weight change 89 0.86
 Weight change: type 86 0.86
 Weight change cause: diet 84 0.73
 Weight change cause: physical activity 83 0.71
 Weight change cause: sedentary 87 0.77
 Weight change cause: other 89 0.80
Westernized ideal endorsement 86 0.79
Weight/fat stigmatizing 78 0.65
Food shame/guilt 85 0.74
Normalizing binge eating 80 0.84