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.