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Table 1 Percentages of images depicting body image attributes for each of the three different hashtags (fitspiration, thinspiration and bonespiration) and the overall chi square test and Cohen’s Kappa for each attribute

From: A content analysis of thinspiration, fitspiration, and bonespiration imagery on social media

 

Fitspiration

Thinspiration

Bonespiration

χ2

p

Cohen’s Kappa

Body type

 Thin body

81.1%a

95.4%b

94.2%b

43.6

<.001

0.844

 Muscular body

46.2%a

9.4%b

4.0%c

165

<.001

0.857

Muscles

 Abdomen muscles

30.9%a

11.5%b

4.7%c

65.8

<.001

0.827

 Other muscles

28.2%a

3.7%b

0.0%c

126

<.001

0.724

Bone protrusions

 Hip bones

9.0%a

22.8%b

26.4%b

22.1

<.001

0.920

 Ribs

11.6%a

15.6%a

22.8%b

10.7

0.005

0.869

 Collarbones

15.9%a

16.0%a

21.7%a

3.91

0.14

0.779

 Spine

1.1%a

2.2%a

5.8%b

9.42

0.009

0.794

Objectification

  < 50% of the body shown

33.9%a

49.8%b

53.6%b

18.80

<.001

0.881

 Full body shown

63.5%a

48.7%b

42.8%b

19.7

<.001

0.905

  1. In each row, different letters indicate significant differences between these categories