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Table 1 Means, standard deviations, and correlations among the variables

From: Self-regulation of healthy nutrition: automatic and controlled processes

Variables

M

SD

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Socio-demographics

1. Gender a

88 % female

         

2. Age

21.56

3.83

−.07

        

Self-report measures

3. Healthy diet

2.69

0.74

.07

.41***

       

4. Preference for healthy food

20.06

2.74

.19+

.10

.32**

      

5. Preference for unhealthy food

18.98

3.26

.10

−.08

−.25*

−.10

     

Implicit measure

6. Nutrition IAT b

0.41

0.40

−.09

.18+

.17+

.03

−.11

    

Behavioural measures

7. Food choice c

0.38

0.49

−.06

.09

.26*

.25*

−.34**

.11

   

8. Mineral water intake (g)

49.83

42.05

−.27*

.28**

.20+

.07

−.24*

.30**

.08

  

9. Soft drink intake (g)

38.45

31.58

−.44***

.13

.05

−.02

−.01

.10

−.01

.64***

 

10. Difference: Mineral water intake − soft drink intake (g)

11.38

32.75

.08

.23*

.21*

.11

−.31**

.30**

.11

.67***

−.15

  1. Note. N = 90. a1 = female, 0 = male. bHigh scores indicate a stronger association between self + healthy food than between self + unhealthy food. cN = 87. 1 = fruit. 0 = snack
  2. + p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001 (two-tailed)