Table 4.
Summary of multiple regression analysis for variables predicting weight bias (N = 1007).
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | 95% CI | p | β | 95% CI | p | β | 95% CI | p | β | 95% CI | p | |
| Age | −0.12 | [−0.25, −0.07] | <0.001 | −0.13 | [−0.25, −0.07] | 0.001 | −0.09 | [−0.22, −0.04] | 0.005 | −0.08 | [−0.20, −0.01] | 0.026 |
| Gender | −0.20 | [−10.04, −5.49] | <0.001 | −0.20 | [−10.01, −5.44] | <0.001 | −0.23 | [−10.99, −6.45] | <0.001 | −0.24 | [−11.46, −6.84] | <0.001 |
| BMI | −0.12 | [−0.44, −0.14] | <0.001 | −0.12 | [−0.44, −0.14] | <0.001 | −0.04 | [−0.26, 0.07] | 0.279 | −0.05 | [−0.36, 0.09] | 0.245 |
| Education | −0.08 | [−1.86, −0.29] | 0.008 | −0.08 | [−1.84, −0.26] | 0.009 | −0.09 | [−1.87, −0.32] | 0.006 | −0.10 | [−2.00, −0.45] | 0.002 |
| National obesity prevalence | −0.02 | [−2.22, 1.37] | 0.644 | −0.01 | [−2.17, 1.36] | 0.651 | −0.02 | [−2.36, 1.25] | 0.548 | |||
| Health normalisation | −0.10 | [−2.18, −0.34] | 0.007 | −0.10 | [−2.26, −0.32] | 0.009 | ||||||
| Attractiveness normalisation | −0.14 | [−2.72, −0.76] | 0.001 | −0.13 | [−2.73, −0.66] | 0.001 | ||||||
| Personal contact | ||||||||||||
| Own body shape exposure | 0.05 | [−0.45, 1.23] | 0.363 | |||||||||
| Daily exposure | 0.08 | [0.03, 1.78] | 0.043 | |||||||||
| Friends exposure | −0.11 | [−2.28, −0.48] | 0.003 | |||||||||
| Family exposure | −0.02 | [−0.82, 0.37] | 0.459 | |||||||||
| Adjusted R2 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||||||||
| F for change in R2 | 27.45*** | 0.21 | 19.51*** | 2.97* | ||||||||
| Model Fit | F (4,1003) = 27.45, p < 0.001 | F (5,1002) = 21.98, p < 0.001 | F (7,1000) = 21.85, p < 0.001 | F (11,996) = 15.10, p < 0.001 | ||||||||
*p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001