Research Article

Self-Consciousness, Self-Objectification, and Social Anxiety as Predictors of Photo Editing Behavior among Emerging Adults

Table 2

Mean, standard deviation, and -values of males and females on self-consciousness, self-objectification, social anxiety, and photo editing behavior ().

VariablesMale()Female()95% confidence interval
SDSD(442)LLULCohen’s

PM22.256.7021.756.78.71-.871.87.07
Sur29.867.8229.897.28-.04-1.541.48.003
BS27.059.0126.1210.66.88-1.142.99.09
CS30.918.6330.377.68.65-1.082.15.07
OBCS87.8216.8786.3817.91.79-2.135.01.08
Perf15.756.9317.667.67-2.48-3.42-.30.26
Inter18.058.1822.308.51-4.89-5.95-2.54.51
Eval7.293.628.284.28-2.36-1.82-.17.25
SAS41.0916.7948.2418.31-3.88-10.78-3.53.41
Priv15.854.1316.454.09-1.42-1.43.23.15
Pub12.194.3812.894.07-1.63-1.54.14.16
SA9.283.7210.483.92-2.90-1.98-.41.31
SCS37.329.7639.829.33-2.56-4.42-.58.26

Note. , . PM = photo manipulation; Sur = body surveillance; BS = body shame; CB = control beliefs; OBCS = objectified body consciousness scale; Perf = performance anxiety and avoidance; Inter = interaction anxiety; Eval = evaluation anxiety; SAS = social anxiety scale; Priv = private self-consciousness; Pub = public self-consciousness; SA = social anxiety; SCS = self-consciousness scale.