Table 3.
Group characteristics at baseline
| Range | Stigma video (n = 30) |
Neutral video (n = 30) |
t | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||
| Student statusa | 0–1 | 77 | 73 | 0.089b | 0.766 | ||
| Employment statusa | 0–1 | 57 | 53 | 0.067b | 0.795 | ||
| M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| Age, years | 18–52 | 27.37 | 8.16 | 29.60 | 9.61 | −0.971 | 0.336 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 18.1–43.4 | 26.70 | 5.63 | 26.97 | 6.01 | −0.181 | 0.857 |
| Educationb | 1–6 | 3.50 | 1.11 | 3.30 | 1.02 | 0.679a | 0.497 |
| Attitudes against obesity | 22–64 | 51.47 | 7.41 | 48.53 | 7.96 | 1.48 | 0.145 |
| Negative affect | 10–22 | 13.19 | 2.97 | 12.77 | 2.65 | 0.536 | 0.564 |
| Depressive symptoms | 23–62 | 39.40 | 9.44 | 35.17 | 8.38 | 1.83 | 0.071 |
| Perceived stress | 4–30 | 16.23 | 5.33 | 15.80 | 6.30 | 0.288 | 0.775 |
BMI = Body mass index; M = mean; SD = standard deviation; Independent, two-tailed t-tests between both conditions.
a
The values for both dichotomous variables: 0 – not employed/no student / 1 – employed/student. The inferential statistics based on a χ2-test (thus χ2 not t-value is indicated).
b
The values for the ordinal education variable: 0 – no qualification / 1 – general school / 2 – secondary school / 3 – high school / 4 – bachelor's degree / 5 – master's degree or diploma level / 6 – PhD level. The inferential statistics based on a U-Test (thus z not t-value is indicated)