Further evidence of the association between social media use, eating disorder pathology and appearance ideals and pressure: a cross-sectional study in Norwegian adolescents

Table 3 Assessment outcomes and gender comparisons: Age, ED psychopathology (EDE-QS) and internalization of appearance ideals and pressure (SATAQ-4R) (N = 1558)

	Total		Girls			Boys			z	p	r
	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	Md	N	Mean (SD)	Md	z	p	r
Age	1558	17.0 (.9)	828	17.0 (.9)	17.0	730	17.1 (1.0)	17.0	− 0.68	0.495	–
EDE-QS	1557	6.7 (7.0)	828	9.5 (7.7)	7.0	729	3.6 (4.3)	2.0	− 17.40	< 0.001	0.44
SATAQ-4R
Internalization: thin/low body fat	1556	2.6 (1.3)	827	3.3 (1.1)	3.3	729	1.8 (.9)	1.5	− 23.48	< 0.001	0.60
Internalization: muscular	1556	2.9 (1.0)	827	2.5 (.7)	2.4	729	3.5 (1.0)	3.5	− 20.74	< 0.001	0.53
Internalization: general attractiveness	1555	3.8 (1.0)	828	4.3 (.6)	4.3	727	3.3 (1.1)	3.5	− 17.78	< 0.001	0.45
Pressures: family	1556	2.0 (0.9)	827	2.2 (1.0)	2.0	729	1.9 (.7)	1.6	− 4.79	< 0.001	0.12
Pressures: peers	1552	2.4 (1.1)	824	2.4 (1.1)	2.3	728	2.4 (1.1)	2.5	− 0.74	0.457	–
Pressures: significant others	1552	1.8 (1.0)	826	1.9 (1.0)	1.5	726	1.7 (.9)	1.2	− 0.82	0.069	–
Pressures: media	1556	2.8 (1.3)	827	3.4 (1.2)	3.8	729	2.1 (1.1)	1.8	− 19.91	< 0.001	0.50

Effect size (i.e., r) coefficients are only reported where there is a significant group difference
ED eating disorder, EDE-QS eating disorder examination questionnaire short, SATAQ-4R Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance-4-Revised, Md Median

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