Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA.
J Behav Med. 2013 Feb;36(1):86-94. doi: 10.1007/s10865-012-9402-8. Epub 2012 Feb 10.
Current measures of internalized weight bias assess factors such as responsibility for weight status, mistreatment because of weight, etc. A potential complementary approach for assessing internalized weight bias is to examine the correspondence between individuals' ratings of obese people, normal weight people, and themselves on personality traits. This investigation examined the relationships among different measures of internalized weight bias, as well as the association between those measures and psychosocial maladjustment. Prior to the beginning of a weight loss intervention, 62 overweight/obese adults completed measures of explicit and internalized weight bias as well as body image, binge eating, and depression. Discrepancies between participants' ratings of obese people in general and ratings of themselves on both positive and negative traits predicted unique variance in measures of maladjustment above a traditional assessment of internalized weight bias. This novel approach to measuring internalized weight bias provides information above and beyond traditional measures of internalized weight bias and begins to provide insights into social comparison processes involved in weight bias.
目前的内化体重偏见测量方法评估了一些因素，如对体重状况的责任、因体重而受到的虐待等。评估内化体重偏见的一种潜在补充方法是检查个体对肥胖者、正常体重者和自己的人格特质的评价之间的一致性。这项研究调查了不同内化体重偏见测量方法之间的关系，以及这些测量方法与心理社会适应不良之间的关联。在开始减肥干预之前，62 名超重/肥胖成年人完成了外化和内化体重偏见以及身体意象、暴食和抑郁的测量。参与者对一般肥胖者的评价与对自己积极和消极特质的评价之间的差异，预测了在传统内化体重偏见评估之上，对适应不良测量的独特差异。这种衡量内化体重偏见的新方法提供了比传统内化体重偏见评估更全面的信息，并开始为体重偏见所涉及的社会比较过程提供了一些见解。
