89 The Professional Counselor | Volume 13, Issue 2 In addition to statistical significance, we also examined effect size to quantify the significance found. Results indicated that Advice Following showed a large effect of association with the independent variable of Weight ( ² = .16). Counselor Trust had a medium effect size ( ² = .13), and Counselor Selection yielded a small effect size ( ² = .04). These results suggest that the weight of a counselor has a high association with clients following counselor advice, with average-weight counselors faring the best. Additionally, participants indicated they would trust average and overweight counselors more than underweight counselors. Lastly, overweight counselors were more favorable in Counselor Selection than underweight counselors. Antifat Attitudes and a Correlation With Counselor Trust, Advice Following, and Counselor Selection We used Pearson correlations to examine associations between antifat attitudes and weight bias toward counselors (see Table 5). To do so, we examined data from participants assigned to all three counselor conditions in the study. Each group showed a significant relationship between antifat attitudes and weight bias toward counselors; thus, we combined data to attain a larger sample size. The Pearson correlations between the independent variable of antifat attitudes and dependent variables of Counselor Trust, Advice Following, Counselor Selection, and Composite Weight Bias score were significant at α = .05. We found positive correlations between antifat attitudes and Counselor Selection, r(186) = .400, p < .001, and Counselor Trust, r(186) = .211, p = .004. These results indicate that as antifat attitudes increase, participants’ trust in and selection of a counselor based on weight also increase. We found no significant correlation between Advice Following and Composite Weight Bias score with antifat attitudes. Table 5 Correlation of AFA With Outcome Variables AFA Trust Selection AFA Pearson Correlation 1.000 0.211** 0.400** Sig. 0.004 0.000 N 188.000 188.000 188.000 Trust Pearson Correlation 0.211** 1.000 0.349** Sig. 0.004 0.000 N 188.000 188.000 188.000 Selection Pearson Correlation 0.400** 0.349** 1.000 Sig. 0.000 0.000 N 188.000 188.000 188.000 Note. AFA = Antifat Attitude. Advice was not statistically significantly correlated with AFA. One participant of the total study sample (N = 189) did not complete this portion and is not included in the table. *Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).
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