Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations of the Attribute Rating Scale

Descriptive Statistics for Fictional Character Traits
	Likeability		Responsibility		Similarity		Gay/Lesbian		Recover		Self-control		Destructive
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Gender
Male	3.38	0.63	3.06	0.80	1.62	0.71	2.62	0.73	2.71	0.75	2.57	0.74	3.48	0.80
Female	3.41	0.55	3.09	0.76	1.85	0.78	2.56	0.72	2.54	0.67	2.59	0.72	3.52	0.73
Ethnicity
African American	3.37	0.58	3.18	0.81	1.89	0.85	2.58	0.73	2.52	0.69	2.53	0.75	3.55	0.77
White	3.44	0.56	3.02	0.79	1.82	0.78	2.54	0.73	2.55	0.71	2.64	0.75	3.50	0.75
Eating Disorder Subtype
Anorexia	3.44	0.56	2.86	0.83	1.77	0.76	2.53	0.72	2.59	0.69	2.68	0.76	3.41	0.76
Bulimia	3.37	0.57	3.30	0.75	1.80	0.75	2.61	0.71	2.57	0.69	2.50	0.73	3.61	0.74
Etiology
Biological	3.48	0.59	2.72	0.88	1.76	0.77	2.57	0.72	2.49	0.77	2.65	0.74	3.37	0.83
Sociocultural	3.37	0.57	3.14	0.88	1.85	0.81	2.51	0.75	2.71	0.73	2.63	0.81	3.50	0.77
Ambiguous	3.34	0.64	3.52	0.85	1.75	0.77	2.66	0.71	2.53	0.75	2.44	0.82	3.73	0.77
Descriptive Statistics for Participant Traits
Gender
Male	3.23	0.51	3.11	0.61	1.71	0.74	2.70	0.66	2.88	0.65	2.47	0.51	3.29	0.63
Female	3.47	0.55	3.06	0.79	1.82	0.74	2.52	0.72	2.47	0.64	2.63	0.76	3.59	0.74
Ethnicity
African American	3.41	0.53	3.25	0.78	1.38	0.51	2.46	0.76	2.62	0.78	2.35	0.72	3.50	0.78
White	3.48	0.58	2.95	0.72	1.93	0.78	2.61	0.66	2.57	0.62	2.69	0.73	3.55	0.70