Table 2 Comparison of mean scores of preadolescent’s relationships with peers and healthy eating behavior variables for younger and older participants groups (N = 278)
From: Preadolescents’ healthy eating behavior: peeping through the social norms approach
|  | Younger participants (N = 118) | Older participants (N = 160) |  | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p value | |
Social self-efficacy | 3.49 | 0.67 | 3.68 | 0.65 | .02 |
Need for peer approval | 0.57 | 0.21 | 0.52 | 0.25 | .08 |
Feeling of belonging to the peers’ group | 3.67 | 0.93 | 3.85 | 0.77 | .12 |
Descriptive norms of healthy eating | 3.43 | 0.86 | 2.99 | 0.89 | .0001 |
Injunctive norms of healthy eating | 3.34 | 1.17 | 2.79 | 1.15 | .0001 |
Vegetable preferences | 2.95 | 0.92 | 2.90 | 0.91 | .702 |
Actual intake of vegetables | 1.77 | 1.36 | 1.73 | 1.29 | .801 |