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dc.contributor.authorKsinan, A.J.*
dc.contributor.authorAlmenara, Carlos A.*
dc.contributor.authorVaculik, M.*
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-19T19:52:47Z
dc.date.available2017-10-19T19:52:47Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.identifier.citationThe effect of belief in weight controllability on anti-fat attitudes: An experimental manipulation 2017, 67 (3):117 Revue Européenne de Psychologie Appliquée/European Review of Applied Psychologyes
dc.identifier.issn11629088
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.erap.2016.12.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10757/622263
dc.descriptionEl texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado.es_PE
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Anti-fat attitudes reflect a type of discrimination on the basis of body weight and are one of the last accepted types of social stigma. Objective To evaluate the effect of exposure to priming messages about the causes of obesity on attitudes toward fat people. Method Participants (n = 580, M age = 22.19, 64.1% female) were randomly assigned to one of three possible conditions and then provided responses on three AFA subscales: Dislike, Fear of fat, and Willpower. Results Priming participants with messages confirming/challenging the weight controllability belief was associated with higher/lower levels on Willpower respectively compared to the control group. Unexpectedly, participants in both confirming and challenging groups showed significantly higher scores on Fear of fat. No differences were found on scores indicating Dislike. Conclusion The current findings emphasize the effect of exposure to information about the causes of obesity on weight controllability beliefs.
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dc.subjectAnti-fat attitudeses
dc.subjectObesityes
dc.subjectPrejudicees
dc.subjectWeight biases
dc.subjectWeight-controllability beliefes
dc.titleThe effect of belief in weight controllability on anti-fat attitudes: An experimental manipulationes
dc.title.alternativeEffet de la croyance en la possibilité de contrôler son poids sur les attitudes envers les personnes en surcharge pondérale : une expérimentationes_PE
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dc.identifier.journalRevue Européenne de Psychologie Appliquée/European Review of Applied Psychologyes
dc.description.peerreviewRevisión por pareses_PE
dc.contributor.email[email protected]es_PE
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-17T05:33:44Z
html.description.abstractIntroduction Anti-fat attitudes reflect a type of discrimination on the basis of body weight and are one of the last accepted types of social stigma. Objective To evaluate the effect of exposure to priming messages about the causes of obesity on attitudes toward fat people. Method Participants (n = 580, M age = 22.19, 64.1% female) were randomly assigned to one of three possible conditions and then provided responses on three AFA subscales: Dislike, Fear of fat, and Willpower. Results Priming participants with messages confirming/challenging the weight controllability belief was associated with higher/lower levels on Willpower respectively compared to the control group. Unexpectedly, participants in both confirming and challenging groups showed significantly higher scores on Fear of fat. No differences were found on scores indicating Dislike. Conclusion The current findings emphasize the effect of exposure to information about the causes of obesity on weight controllability beliefs.


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