Table 2.

Means (and standard deviations) for age groups in explicit measures

	Age group			ANOVA F	dfs between	dfs within	ηp2	Games-Howe11a
	6–7 years old (a)	8–9 years old (b)	10–11 years old (c)
Simple preferences AF	1.97 (0.16)	2.00 (0.00)	1.95 (0.32)	0.613	2	115	0.01	–
Simple rejections OF	1.95 (0.22)	1.85 (0.36)	1.68 (0.52)	4.55*	2	114	0.07	a > c
Sociometric preferences AF	5.60 (0.81)	5.82 (0.45)	5.35 (0.97)	3.73*	2	116	0.06	b > c
Sociometric rejections OF	5.25 (1.12)	5.64 (0.62)	4.62 (1.49)	7.98**	2	115	0.12	b > c
Positive attributes AF	2.74 (0.54)	2.30 (0.85)	I.63 (0.95)	19.36***	2	116	0.25	a > b > c
Negative attributes OF	2.56 (0.75)	2.12 (.91)	1.10 (0.98)	28.34***	2	116	0.33	a > c

AF = Average-weight figures, OF = overweight figures.

^aStatistical significance was defined as p < 0.05 for post hoc tests.

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001.