Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA,
Eat Weight Disord. 2013 Dec;18(4):441-5. doi: 10.1007/s40519-013-0072-5. Epub 2013 Sep 21.
In this brief report, an unanswered question in implicit weight bias research is addressed: Is weight bias stronger when obese and thin people are pictured engaging in stereotype consistent behaviors (e.g., obese-watching TV/eating junk food; thin-exercising/eating healthy) as opposed to the converse?
Implicit Associations Test (IAT) data were collected from two samples of overweight/obese adults participating in weight loss treatment. Both samples completed two IATs. In one IAT, obese and thin people were pictured engaging in stereotype consistent behaviors (e.g., obese-watching TV/eating junk food; thin-exercising/eating healthy). In the second IAT, obese and thin people were pictured engaging in stereotype inconsistent behaviors (e.g., obese-exercising/eating healthy; thin-watching TV/eating junk food).
Implicit weight bias was evident regardless of whether participants viewed stereotype consistent or inconsistent pictures. However, implicit bias was significantly stronger for stereotype consistent compared to stereotype inconsistent images.
Implicit anti-fat attitudes may be connected to the way in which people with obesity are portrayed.
在这份简短的报告中，我们将探讨隐性体重偏见研究中一个悬而未决的问题：当肥胖和瘦弱的人被描绘成从事符合刻板印象的行为（例如，肥胖者——看电视/吃垃圾食品；瘦弱者——锻炼/吃健康食品）时，与相反的情况相比，体重偏见是否更强？
从参加减肥治疗的超重/肥胖成年人的两个样本中收集了内隐联想测试（IAT）数据。两个样本都完成了两个 IAT。在一个 IAT 中，肥胖和瘦弱的人被描绘成从事符合刻板印象的行为（例如，肥胖者——看电视/吃垃圾食品；瘦弱者——锻炼/吃健康食品）。在第二个 IAT 中，肥胖和瘦弱的人被描绘成从事不符合刻板印象的行为（例如，肥胖者——锻炼/吃健康食品；瘦弱者——看电视/吃垃圾食品）。
无论参与者看到的是符合刻板印象的还是不一致的图片，隐性体重偏见都是明显的。然而，与不符合刻板印象的图像相比，符合刻板印象的图像的隐性偏见明显更强。
隐性的反肥胖态度可能与肥胖者的形象有关。
