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. 2020 Aug 29;20:408. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02264-w

Table 1.

Descriptive data and correlations with WBIS-C scores

M (SD) correlation WBIS-C
r p
parental education a 3 (2) b − 0.27 c < 0.001
T2 BMI-SDS 0.2 (1) 0.43 < 0.001
T2 weight-related teasing d 1.1 (0.32) 0.28 < 0.001
T2 body dissatisfaction e 1.54 (0.75) 0.36 < 0.001
T2 relevance of one’s own figure e 3.07 (0.9) 0.2 < 0.001
T2 self-esteem e 0.6 (0.86) − 0.05 0.046
T2 depressive symptoms f 2.3 (0.38) 0.24 < 0.001

Note. N = 1,463; WBIS-C weight bias internalization scale, BMI-SDS body mass index standard deviation scores (z-scores)

a higher values indicate a higher education level, categories of parental education: 1 = no graduation/graduation from a special-needs school/secondary modern school qualification, 2 = secondary school diploma, 3 = higher education entrance qualification, 4 = higher education degree; b median and interquartile range; c polyserial correlation; range of values: d 1–3;e 1–4;f 0–3