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Table 2 Implicit and explicit scores for attitudes by experiment and participant group

From: The target/perpetrator brief-implicit association test (B-IAT): an implicit instrument for efficiently measuring discrimination based on race/ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, weight, and age

    

Implicit and Explicit Correlations

Experiment

Participant Group

Good/Bad B-IAT

(Implicit Attitude)

Explicit Attitude

Good/Bad B-IAT

and Explicit Attitude

N

M

SD

Group Comparison

N

M

SD

Group Comparison

r

Racism

People of Color

74

0.09

0.50

**

77

−0.77**

1.06

**

0.10

White

78

0.30**

0.42

77

0.06

0.7

0.32**

Sexism

Female

79

−0.59**

0.36

**

74

−0.23*

0.84

n.s.

0.17

Male

72

−0.15**

0.37

73

−0.15

1.20

0.06

Heterosexism

LGBQ

72

−0.35**

0.47

**

75

−0.55**

1.02

**

0.31**

Straight

74

0.16**

0.50

75

0.52**

1.07

0.40**

Transphobia

Trans

70

−0.36**

0.43

**

74

−1.35**

1.38

**

0.22

Cis

77

0.14**

0.41

78

0.63**

1.16

0.31**

Ageism

Older

42

−0.12

0.40

**

40

−0.30*

0.91

**

−0.04

Younger

80

0.10*

0.35

79

0.23

1.25

0.15

Fatphobia

Heavy

76

0.28**

0.44

*

77

0.42**

0.94

n.s.

0.13

Not heavy

77

0.42**

0.45

76

0.68**

0.88

0.20

  1. B-IAT scores could range from + 2 to −2, whereas explicit scores could range from −3 to + 3. Positive scores indicated a preference for the dominant group. Zero indicated no relative preference. Note. Group comparison refers to comparison of scores (mean values) across the participant groups for each experiment; M Mean, SD standard deviation; *p < 0.05 (2-sided); ** p < 0.01 (2-sided); n.s not significant