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Table 3 Main effects in appearance-related social pressure for gender

From: The face of appearance-related social pressure: gender, age and body mass variations in peer and parental pressure during adolescence

 

Girls

Boys

 

( n=603)

( n=509)

M

M

 
 

(SD)

(SD)

Parental Pressure

Parental Teasing

1.18

1.11

η2 = .01**

(0.48)

(0.30)

Injustice & Ignorance

1.13

1.14

 

(0.33)

(0.30)

Parental Encouragement

1.65

1.70

 

(0.76)

(0.74)

Parental Norms & Modeling

2.12

2.12

 

(0.74)

(0.76)

Peer Pressure

Peer Teasing

1.57

1.49

η2 = .01***

(0.68)

(0.60)

Exclusion

1.97

1.71

η2 = .05***

(0.82)

(0.69)

School & Class Norms

2.18

1.99

η2 = .03***

(0.81)

(0.71)

Modeling by Friends

2.61

2.22

η2 = .06***

(0.76)

(0.73)

  1. Note. The items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).
  2. *p < .05; **p < .01; *** p < .001.