What can I do with my body? Boys and girls facing body dissatisfaction

Figures & data

Figure 1. Proposed path model on females and males.

Note: BMI = body mass index; intern. = internalization; diss. = dissatisfaction; act. = activity; surg. = surgery.

Table 1. Means, standard deviations and MANOVA differences for sex among study variables.

Measures	Girls		Boys		F	df
	M	SD	M	SD
Pressure (1, 5)	2.31	.92	1.82	.79	57.17***	1
I (1, 5)	2.31	.90	1.92	.82	34.58***	1
BMI (13.42–32.45)	20.35	2.70	21.49	2.56	34.18***	1
BD (1, 5)	2.24	.95	1.65	.69	86.85***	1
EP (1, 5)	2.00	.61	1.65	.52	66.96***	1
CS (1, 3)	1.46	.66	1.15	.44	50.82***	1
Body art (1, 5)	2.73	1.52	1.89	1.29	62.48***	1
PA (1, 4)	1.82	.83	2.37	1.00	67.66***	1

Notes: I = internalization; BMI = body mass index; BD = body dissatisfaction; EP = eating problems; CS = cosmetic surgery; PA = physical activity. Numbers in parentheses represent scale range (low scores indicate low levels of the variable considered).

*** p < .001.

Table 2. Correlations amongst variables for girls and boys.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Girls
1. Pressure (1, 5)	–
2. I (1, 5)	.64***	–
3. BMI (13.42, 32.45)	.18***	.04	–
4. BD (1, 5)	.39***	.37***	.32***	–
5. EP (1, 5)	.42***	.37***	.11**	.39***	–
6. CS (1, 3)	.25***	.32***	.01	.19***	.21***	–
7. Body art (1, 5)	.05	.06	−.02	.11*	.16***	.19***	–
8. PA (1, 4)	.00	−.01	.01	.10*	.11**	−.162***	−.08
Boys
1. Pressure (1, 5)	–
2. IG (1, 5)	.65***	–
3. BMI (13.42, 32.45)	.08	−.02	–
4. BD (1, 5)	.42***	.35***	.15**	–
5. EP (1, 5)	.35***	.25***	.08	.35***	–
6. CS (1, 3)	.25***	.34***	.16**	.29***	.21***	–
7. Body art (1, 5)	.01	.04	.08	.04	.06	.14	–
8. PA (1, 4)	−.08	−.05	.07	−.16	.02	−.05	.06

Notes: I = internalization; BMI = body mass index; BD = body dissatisfaction; EP = eating problems; CS = cosmetic surgery; PA = physical activity. Numbers in parentheses represent scale range.

* p < .05;

** p < .01;

*** p < .001.

Figure 2. Final structural equation model (multi-group approach) on females and males.

Note: BMI = body mass index; diss. = dissatisfaction; act. = activity; surg. = surgery. Reported coefficients are standardized. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.