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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2018 May 4;41(6):784–791. doi: 10.1007/s10865-018-9929-4

Table 2.

Differences in implicit and explicit biases by demographic and weight characteristics. Bad/Good Implicit Bias

Bad/Good Implicit Bias Stupid/Smart Implicit Bias Explicit Bias
n M SD t p d n M SD t p d n M SD t p d
Parent current overweight/obesity 0.89 0.37 0.07 0.26 0.79 0.02 −2.10 0.04 0.17
 No 397 −27.5% 26.0 397 −18.9% 27.2 397 0.16 0.88
 Yes 260 −29.2% 22.8 260 −19.5% 25.2 260 0.01 0.87
Parent history of childhood overweight/obesity 1.64 0.10 0.14 1.24 0.22 0.11 1.83 0.07 0.16
 No 392 −29.0% 24.6 392 −20.6% 24.4 392 0.15 0.86
 Yes 203 −25.4% 26.2 203 −17.8% 28.7 203 0.02 0.90
Child current overweight/obesity 1.03 0.30 0.08 1.11 0.27 0.09 −0.53 0.60 0.04
 No 366 −28.8% 24.7 366 −20.2% 25.6 366 0.08 0.84
 Yes 278 −26.8% 25.0 278 −17.9% 27.2 278 0.12 0.93
Parent Sex −0.89 0.38 0.08 0.95 0.34 0.09 −3.00 0.003 0.27
 Father 169 −26.7% 24.1 169 −20.9% 27.4 169 0.07 0.91
 Mother 488 −28.7% 25.0 488 −18.6% 26.1 488 0.16 0.86
Child Sex −0.33 0.74 0.03 0.88 0.38 0.07 0.57 0.57 0.04
 Son 320 −27.7% 22.8 320 −20.1% 26.7 320 0.12 0.86
 Daughter 334 −28.4% 26.6 334 −18.3% 26.1 334 0.08 0.90
Child Age 1.45 0.15 0.13 1.90 0.06 0.16 1.53 0.13 0.13
 Child (5-11) 431 −29.4% 23.6 431 −20.3% 24.6 431 0.14 0.91
 Adolescent (12-15) 198 26.1% 27.3 198 16.0% 30.5 198 0.03 0.83

Note. Implicit bias scores are presented as the mean percent loss between congruent and incongruent trials. Explicit bias mean scores range from −3 to +3; lower, more negative scores indicate more explicit bias against children with obesity.