The cost of the perfect body: influence mechanism of internalization of media appearance ideals on eating disorder tendencies in adolescents

Table 2 Descriptive statistics and correlations for the study variables (N = 1523)

Variables	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5
1 IMAI	5.14	1.31	1
2 Body esteem	3.80	1.24	− 0.23^**	1
3 Body image disturbance	2.31	0.38	− 0.53^**	0.42^**	1
4 Eating disorder tendency	0.29	0.33	0.29^**	− 0.31^**	− 0.43^**	1
5 Social support	4.95	1.35	− 0.05^*	0.29^**	0.20^**	− 0.10^**	1

Notes. M = mean, SD = standard deviation. IMAI = internalization of media appearance ideals. ^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01

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