Comparative effects of Facebook and conventional media on body image dissatisfaction

Table 1 Correlation Matrix of Study Variables (n = 193)

	Age	BMI	EAT	Pre-BID	BID-change score	Pre-Self-esteem	Pre-Thin-ideal internalisation	AC	Extent of Facebook use	Facebook activity similar to study	Personally identify with stimuli	Stimuli similar to everyday exposure
Age	1	.184^*	-.001	-.121	-.121	.222^**	-.022	-.211^**	-.134	.000	-.075	-.149^*
BMI		1	.157^*	.235^**	.011	-.016	.189^**	.047	.003	.080	-.118	-.034
EAT			1	.397^**	.172^*	-.295^**	.450^**	.494^**	.166^*	.180^*	.215^**	-.008
Pre-BID				1	.001	-.572^**	.373^**	.485^**	.196^**	.162^*	.071	-.048
BID-change score					1	-.144^*	.312^**	.357^**	.013	.091	.101	-.095
Pre-Self-esteem						1	-.302^**	-.374^**	-.069	-.051	-.114	.003
Pre-Thin-ideal internalisation							1	.543^**	.120	.173^*	.150^*	-.131
AC								1	.173^*	.229^**	.327^**	.042
Extent of Facebook use									1	.276^**	.021	.108
Facebook activity similar to study										1	.051	.129
Personally identify with stimuli											1	.070
Stimuli similar to everyday exposure												1

Note. BMI, Body Mass Index; EAT, Eating Attitudes Test; Pre-BID, Pre-exposure Body Image Dissatisfaction; BID-change score, Body Image dissatisfaction change score; AC, Appearance Comparison
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

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