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Table 5 Main effects in appearance-related social pressure for BMI - categories

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

 

Under

Low

High

Over

 

( n=338)

( n=294)

( n=362)

( n=118)

M

M

M

M

 
 

(SD)

(SD)

(SD)

(SD)

Parental Pressure

Parental Teasing

1.11

1.13

1.18

1.22

 

(0.34)

(0.35)

(0.45)

(0.56)

Injustice & Ignorance

1.09

1.13

1.18

1.15

 

(0.22)

(0.29)

(0.39)

(0.35)

Parental Encouragement

1.53a

1.59a

1.70a

2.18b

η2 = .07***

(0.66)

(0.68)

(0.77)

(0.89)

Parental Norms & Modeling

2.01

2.16

2.19

2.17

 

(0.69)

(0.73)

(0.81)

(0.78)

Peer Pressure

Peer Teasing

1.38a

1.43a

1.62b

1.98c

η2 = .09***

(0.49)

(0.50)

(0.68)

(0.92)

Exclusion

1.68a

1.73a

1.97b

2.29c

η2 = .08***

(0.62)

(0.66)

(0.85)

(0.97)

School & Class Norms

1.98a

2.05ab

2.22b

2.15ab

η2 = .02**

(0.70)

(0.74)

(0.83)

(0.81)

Modeling by Friends

2.33

2.44

2.52

2.45

 

(0.74)

(0.76)

(0.78)

(0.80)

  1. Note. Under = underweight (BMI < 25th percentile), Low = low average (25th ≤ BMI < 50th percentile), High = high average (50th ≤ BMI < 85th percentile), Over = overweight (BMI ≥ 85th percentile). 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.