Table 3:
Linear regressions of causal attributions for EB and weight on demographic and perceptual variables.
EB Attributions |
Weight Attributions |
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Genetic | Environmental | Genetic | Environmental | |
Demographics | ||||
Parent gender (f) | −0.02 | −0.21 | −0.18 | 0.13 |
Parent education (college +) | 0.42 | 1.31* | 0.74* | 0.73* |
Number of biological children | −0.17 | −0.04 | 0.23 | −0.05 |
Index child gender (f) | 0.52* | 0.13 | 0.37 | 0.43 |
Index child age | 0.29* | 0.12 | 0.23* | 0.03 |
Perceptions | ||||
Self-perception overweight (yes) | −0.22 | −0.27 | −0.25 | −0.45 |
Perceived child overweight (yes) | −0.78 | 0.22 | 0.39 | 0.23 |
Family history of obesity | −0.25 | 0.33 | 0.53 | 0.37 |
Perceived child overwt X family history | 0.73 | −0.82 | −0.53 | 0.04 |
Note. Unstandardized regression coefficients. Each column represents a separate regression model.
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