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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ Behav. 2023 Jan;55(1):55–67. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2022.09.005

Table 2.

Means (and standard deviations) for all pre-registered dependent measures by condition. Comparisons across conditions are reported for each measure.

Educational Video Control Video Main Effect
Education
Main Effect
Perspective
Interaction
1st person 3rd person 1st Person 3rd Person F p F p F p
Genetics Knowledge
 General G*E Knowledge (max range 0-9) 6.14 (1.98) 6.37 (2.12) 5.56 (2.45) 5.56 (2.42) 13.67 <.001 0.40 .525 0.37 .540
 Specific G*E Knowledge (max range 0-15) 12.85 (2.09) 13.31 (1.58) 10.81 (2.83) 10.51 (2.59) 157.72 <.001 0.15 .694 3.79 .052
Genetic Causal Attributions
 Obesity (max range 0-100) 45.43 (23.21) 47.30 (20.52) 40.70 (20.63) 41.00 (22.48) 9.23 .002 0.36 .551 0.19 .665
 Eating Behaviors (max range 0-100) 43.37 (23.66) 46.17 (22.39) 34.96 (20.93) 34.90 (21.83) 28.30 <.001 0.54 .464 0.60 .438
Weight Stigma
 Anti-fat attitudes total (max range 1-5) 2.47 (0.73) 2.43 (0.62) 2.58 (0.64) 2.56 (0.67) 4.68 .031 0.31 .580 0.01 .927
  Dislike subscale (max range 1-5) 1.93 (0.86) 1.78 (0.77) 1.93 (0.83) 1.92 (0.79) 1.04 .307 1.38 .240 0.98 .322
  Fear subscale (max range 1-5) 3.08 (1.24) 3.29 (1.19) 3.34 (1.08) 3.29 (1.19) 1.60 .207 0.47 .494 2.21 .138
  Willpower subscale (max range 1-5) 3.12 (0.98) 3.10 (0.89) 3.35 (0.83) 3.34 (0.88) 9.92 .002 0.04 .851 0.02 .887
Dietary Self-efficacy and Intentions
 Confidence to Control Diet (max range 1-5) 3.34 (1.05) 3.23 (1.00) 3.24 (1.06) 3.18 (1.14) 0.80 .371 0.93 .336 0.08 .774
 Dietary Self-efficacy (max range 1-5) 3.60 (0.98) 3.46 (0.92) 3.50 (0.90) 3.53 (1.06) 0.03 .861 0.43 .510 1.25 .264
 Diet Intentions (max range 1-5) 2.90 (1.28) 2.95 (1.29) 3.06 (1.26) 3.14 (1.34) 2.67 .103 0.34 .560 0.03 .871
Empathic Concern
 Empathy for vignette characters (max range 1-5) 2.51 (1.11) 2.62 (0.99) 2.35 (1.00) 2.42 (1.01) 4.27 .039 1.15 .284 0.04 .835
 Empathy for people with obesity (max range 1-5) 2.73 (1.13) 2.91 (1.05) 2.83 (1.07) 2.82 (1.12) 0.00 .924 0.91 .342 1.11 .292

Results of 2*2 ANOVAs are reported for each measure. Alpha level 0.05.