Based on the Stereotype Content Model, this study employs word embedding technology to analyze texts from Zhihu and Xiaohongshu related to full-time children, exploring the emotional response characteristics along the dual dimensions of Competence and Warmth in the online stereotype of full-time children. By constructing mixed emotional indicators and applying Welch’s analysis of variance, this study finds that: (1) When full-time children are described with low-competence traits, they receive more positive explicit emotional responses; (2) high-warmth traits significantly enhance positive implicit emotional responses through semantically associated emotions; (3) the results of mixed emotional responses reveal a coexistence pattern of explicit and implicit emotional reactions toward the ‘full-time children’ image group in comment texts. This study reveals the complexity of people’s stereotypes in online contexts and highlights the real predicaments faced by contemporary youth groups in China.
Liao et al. (2026) studied this question.