Table 3.
Distribution of sociocultural attitudes characteristics (N = 502)
| No. | Items | Scale n (%) |
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| 5 = definitely agree | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 = definitely disagree | ||
| Family influences | ||||||
| Median (IQR) = 13 (4) | ||||||
| 1. | I feel pressure from family members to look thinner. | 75 (14.9) | 48 (9.6) | 49 (9.8) | 56 (11.2) | 274 (54.6) |
| 2. | I feel pressure from family members to improve my appearance. | 82 (16.3) | 62 (12.4) | 56 (11.2) | 63 (12.5) | 239 (47.6) |
| 3. | Family members encourage me to decrease my leve of body fat. | 116 (23.1) | 74 (14.7) | 95 (18.9) | 52 (10.4) | 165 (32.9) |
| 4. | Family members encourage me to get in better shape. | 176 (35.1) | 81 (16.1) | 74 (14.7) | 54 (10.8) | 117 (23.3) |
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| Peer influences | ||||||
| Median (IQR) = 16 (4) | ||||||
| 5. | My peers encourage me to get thinner. | 93 (18.5) | 66 (13.1) | 80 (15.9) | 44 (8.8) | 219 (43.6) |
| 6. | I feel pressure from my peers to improve my appearance. | 51 (10.2) | 24 (4.8) | 62 (12.4) | 54 (10.8) | 311 (62.0) |
| 7. | I feel pressure from my peers to look in better shape. | 52 (10.4) | 27 (5.4) | 52 (10.4) | 51 (10.2) | 320 (63.7) |
| 8. | I get pressure from my peers to decrease my level of body fat. | 54 (10.8) | 16 (3.2) | 51 (10.2) | 46 (9.2) | 335 (66.7) |
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| Media influences | ||||||
| Median (IQR) = 20 (8) | ||||||
| 9. | I feel pressure from the media to look in better shape. | 69 (13.7) | 48 (9.6) | 46 (9.2) | 47 (9.4) | 292 (58.2) |
| 10. | I feel pressure from the media to look thinner. | 62 (12.4) | 46 (9.2) | 47 (9.4) | 39 (7.8) | 308 (61.4) |
| 11. | I feel pressure from the media to improve my appearance. | 69 (13.7) | 47 (9.4) | 58 (11.6) | 44 (8.8) | 284 (56.6) |
| 12. | I feel pressure from the media to decrease my level of body fat. | 62 (12.4) | 44 (8.8) | 56 (11.2) | 42 (8.4) | 298 (59.4) |