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Table 3 Correlations between measures of discrimination and 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

   

Measures of Discrimination

Measures of Attitudes

Experiment

Participant Group

Target/Perpetrator B-IAT

(Implicit Discrimination)

Explicit Group Discrimination

Explicit Individual Discrimination

r

r

r

Good/Bad B-IAT (Implicit Attitude)

Racism

People of Color

−0.14

−0.15

−0.06

White

−0.28*

−0.03

0.15

Sexism

Female

−0.23*

−0.18

− 0.01

Male

−0.20

−0.20

− 0.00

Heterosexism

LGBQ

−0.27*

−0.23

− 0.14

Straight

−0.18

−0.20

− 0.07

Transphobia

Trans

−0.17

0.04

−0.14

Cis

−0.12

0.16

−0.04

Ageism

Older

−0.38*

0.22

0.14

Younger

−0.11

− 0.10

−0.09

Fatphobia

Heavy

−0.12

−0.16

0.03

Not heavy

0.08

−0.10

−0.01

Explicit Attitude

Racism

People of Color

−0.21

−0.10

− 0.38**

White

−0.06

−0.02

0.01

Sexism

Female

−0.35**

−0.21

− 0.18

Male

−0.04

−0.09

− 0.05

Heterosexism

LGBQ

−0.10

−0.06

− 0.30**

Straight

−0.23

−0.20

− 0.16

Transphobia

Trans

0.09

−0.25*

−0.43**

Cis

−0.29*

−0.21

− 0.28*

Ageism

Older

0.04

−0.29

0.09

Younger

−0.07

0.17

0.10

Fatphobia

Heavy

0.03

0.15

0.01

Not heavy

−0.19

0.20

0.16

  1. *p < 0.05 (2-sided); ** p < 0.01 (2-sided)