Table 2.
Descriptive statistics from child interviews showing age, gender, and response characteristics for participating children.
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Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
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Female | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
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1a. Sad | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | —d | 4 | 2 | 18 | 4.24 (0.75) | 0 | |
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1b. Happy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | 18 | 4.53 (0.80) | 18 | |
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2a. Sleep Poorly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3.65 (1.27) | 4 | |
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2b. Sleep Well | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4.29 (0.85) | 13 | |
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3a. Worried | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3.71 (1.05) | 4 | |
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3b. Not Worried | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4.12 (0.86) | 14 | |
aAverage rating of how well the animation captured the intended behavior (scale 1-5).
bTotal number of children endorsing the animation as “more like them” from the respective pair.
cNumber of children who correctly identified each animation.
dAccuracy responses unavailable for 10-year olds as no children of this age were recruited in this sample.