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Table 1 Descriptive and correlations for variables

From: The effects of media and peers on negative body image among Chinese college students: a chained indirect influence model of appearance comparison and internalization of the thin ideal

Variable

M ± SD

1

2

3

4

5

Media attention

3.21 ± 0.73

1

    

Peer impact

3.04 ± 0.69

0.152**

1

   

Appearance comparison

2.88 ± 0.84

0.168**

0.423**

1

  

Internalization of the thin-ideal

2.89 ± 0.72

0.350**

0.328**

0.532**

1

 

Negative body image

2.57 ± 0.62

0.093

0.377**

0.420**

0.479**

1

  1. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .0001