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Table 4 Main effects in appearance-related social pressure for grade

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

 

Grade 7

Grade 8

Grade 9

 

( n=393)

( n= 407)

( n=312)

M

M

M

 
 

(SD)

(SD)

(SD)

Parental Pressure

Parental Teasing

1.10

1.16

1.19

 

(0.34)

(0.45)

(0.44)

Injustice & Ignorance

1.12

1.14

1.15

 

(0.31)

(0.33)

(0.31)

Parental Encouragement

1.58a

1.73b

1.71b

η2 = .01**

(0.72)

(0.78)

(0.75)

Parental Norms & Modeling

1.99

2.15

2.24

 

(0.74)

(0.71)

(0.80)

Peer Pressure

Peer Teasing

1.44a

1.56b

1.62b

η2 = .02***

(0.60)

(0.64)

(0.68)

Exclusion

1.73a

1.94b

1.89b

η2 = .02***

(0.70)

(0.83)

(0.77)

School & Class Norms

1.83a

2.14b

2.37c

η2 = .06***

(0.64)

(0.74)

(0.85)

Modeling by Friends

2.25a

2.49b

2.59b

η2 = .02***

(0.76)

(0.73)

(0.78)

  1. Note. The items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Means with the same subscript are not significantly different.
  2. *p < .05; **p < .01; *** p < .001.