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Table 2 The experience of body appearance pressure in academic and exercise settings by male and female university students

From: Body appreciation and body appearance pressure in Norwegian university students comparing exercise science students and other students

 

Male

Female

Exercise science

(n = 218)

Reference

(n = 110)

 

Exercise science

(n = 293)

Reference

(n = 353)

 

n (%)

n (%)

p

φ

n (%)

n (%)

p

φ

General experienced BAP

151 (69%)

63 (57%)

.031

0.12

248 (85%)

292 (83%)

.511

 

Personal experienced BAP

37 (17%)

12 (11%)

.146

 

84 (29%)

121 (34%)

.127

 

Lectures

3 (1%)

3 (3%)

.389

 

10 (3%)

9 (3%)

.518

 

Fellow students

21 (10%)

9 (8%)

.667

 

38 (13%)

43 (12%)

.763

 

Professors

0 (0%)

2 (2%)

.046

0.11

4 (1%)

5 (1%)

.956

 

Fitness center at campus

40 (19%)

21 (23%)

.530

 

64 (23%)

110 (38%)

<.001

0.17

Commercial fitness center

57 (31%)

21 (26%)

.389

 

87 (33%)

136 (46%)

.001

0.14

  1. Note: Data are presented as number and percentage of students answering “to a high” or “very high” extent to questions on experienced BAP. Exercise science = exercise science students. Reference = reference students. BAP = body appearance pressure. φ* = Phi-coefficient and is only presented where there is a significant group difference. A p-value of ≤0.05 is set as statistically significant when comparing two groups. For further explanation of categories, see supplementary file