Factors of body dissatisfaction among lebanese adolescents: the indirect effect of self-esteem between mental health and body dissatisfaction

Table 2 Bivariate analysis of categorical variables associated with the body dissatisfaction score

Variable	Body dissatisfaction (mean ± SD)	p	Effect size (d)
Sex		0.004	0.243
Male	11.00 ± 5.65
Female	12.81 ± 6.60
Diet to lose weight		< 0.001	0.730
No	10.63 ± 6.09
Yes	15.16 ± 5.94
Exercise to lose weight		< 0.001	0.580
No	9.72 ± 6.15
Yes	13.58 ± 6.18
Vomit to lose weight		< 0.001	0.300
No	12.01 ± 6.49
Yes	14.90 ± 5.30
Medications to lose weight		0.005	0.209
No	12.16 ± 6.49
Yes	14.47 ± 5.37
Starve yourself to lose weight		< 0.001	0.576
No	11.37 ± 6.25
Yes	15.52 ± 5.92
Weigh yourself daily		< 0.001	0.382
No	11.69 ± 6.49
Yes	14.30 ± 5.83
Experience social isolation		0.317	0.084
No	12.18 ± 6.51
Yes	12.77 ± 6.23
Feeling pressured by media/TV to lose weight		< 0.001	0.866
No	10.50 ± 6.08
Yes	15.73 ± 5.61

Numbers in bold indicate significant associations with body dissatisfaction according to the Bonferroni corrected p-value (p = 0.003)