O'Brien Kerry S, Hunter John A, Halberstadt Jamin, Anderson Jeremy
School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
Body Image. 2007 Sep;4(3):249-56. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.06.001. Epub 2007 Jul 24.
Prejudice against overweight people is rife. However, there is a paucity of research on the underlying reasons for it. In two studies the relationship between body image, the tendency to make physical appearance-related comparisons (PACS), and both explicit and implicit anti-fat attitudes was examined. In Study 1 (n = 227) people with a high tendency to make physical appearance-related comparisons (high PACS scorers) reported lower self-appearance evaluation, but higher appearance orientation and explicit anti-fat attitudes. The PACS fully mediated the relationship between appearance orientation and explicit anti-fat attitudes. Study 2 (n = 134) found that the PACS also mediated the relationship between appearance orientation and implicit anti-fat attitudes. Thus, individual differences in factors such as body image and the tendency to make appearance-related comparisons, appear to play a central role in both explicit and implicit anti-fat attitudes.
对超重人群的偏见十分普遍。然而，关于其潜在原因的研究却很少。在两项研究中，研究了身体意象、进行与外貌相关比较的倾向（PACS）以及显性和隐性的反胖态度之间的关系。在研究1（n = 227）中，进行与外貌相关比较倾向较高的人（高PACS得分者）报告的自我外貌评价较低，但外貌取向和显性反胖态度较高。PACS完全中介了外貌取向与显性反胖态度之间的关系。研究2（n = 134）发现，PACS也中介了外貌取向与隐性反胖态度之间的关系。因此，身体意象和进行外貌相关比较的倾向等因素的个体差异，似乎在显性和隐性反胖态度中都起着核心作用。
