Table 3.
Kendall’s-Tau correlation matrix between weight bias, WBI demographic, population exposure, and personal exposure variables.
| Weight bias | WBI | Age | BMI | Education | National obesity prevalence | Health normalisation | Attractiveness normalisation | Own body shape exposure | Daily exposure | Friends exposure | Family exposure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight bias | 1.00 | |||||||||||
| WBI | 0.17*** | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| Age | −0.14*** | −0.02 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| BMI | −0.11*** | 0.07** | 0.28*** | 1.00 | ||||||||
| Education | −0.11*** | −0.04 | 0.30*** | 0.07** | 1.00 | |||||||
| National obesity prevalence | −0.07*** | −0.01 | 0.24*** | 0.16*** | 0.14*** | 1.00 | ||||||
| Health normalisation | −0.17*** | −0.03 | 0.13*** | 0.23*** | 0.01 | 0.07* | 1.00 | |||||
| Attractiveness normalisation | −0.14*** | −0.07** | 0.21*** | 0.40*** | 0.03 | 0.08** | 0.53*** | 1.00 | ||||
| Personal contact | ||||||||||||
| Own body shape exposure | −0.13*** | 0.09*** | 0.25*** | 0.65*** | 0.06* | 0.12*** | 0.37*** | 0.50*** | 1.00 | |||
| Daily exposure | −0.07** | −0.02 | 0.27*** | 0.17*** | 0.12*** | 0.25*** | 0.32*** | 0.30*** | 0.22*** | 1.00 | ||
| Friends exposure | −0.12*** | −0.03 | 0.29*** | 0.21*** | 0.07 | 0.13*** | 0.32*** | 0.36*** | 0.27*** | 0.45*** | 1.00 | |
| Family exposure | −0.07** | 0.01 | 0.06** | 0.20*** | 0.03 | 0.12*** | 0.21*** | 0.25*** | 0.24*** | 0.28*** | 0.27*** | 1.00 |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001