Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Eat Behav. 2023 Dec;51:101808. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101808. Epub 2023 Sep 2.
There are many common stereotypes related to food consumption and eating behaviors that are considered indicative of one's personal character. Negative evaluations of an individual based on their eating behaviors may lead to stigmatization and other harmful psychosocial outcomes. Using vignette scenarios, we examined 582 participants' attitudes towards two target characters who exhibited bitter food dislike and high reward-based eating drive respectively. In open-ended text responses, participants were more likely to respond negatively and use stigmatizing language when describing the character with high reward-based eating drive versus the character with bitter food dislike. In addition, empathic responses depended on whether participants believed they, themselves, exhibited reward-based eating drive. Participants tended to be more empathetic and more positive towards the target who shared their own reward-based eating behaviors. Interestingly, the same was not true for those who shared bitter food distaste. These results suggest that eating behaviors that are perceived as more controllable and unusual may be more negatively perceived. Targeted education or support to reduce negative attitudes about such traits may be beneficial.
有许多与食物消费和饮食习惯相关的常见刻板印象，这些印象被认为可以反映一个人的个性。基于个人的饮食习惯对其进行负面评价可能会导致污名化和其他有害的心理社会后果。我们使用情景描述法，研究了 582 名参与者对两个目标人物的态度，这两个人物分别表现出对苦味食物的厌恶和对高奖励性进食驱动力的偏好。在开放式文本回复中，当描述具有高奖励性进食驱动力的角色与对苦味食物厌恶的角色时，参与者更有可能做出负面反应并使用污名化语言。此外，同理心反应取决于参与者是否认为自己表现出了奖励性进食驱动力。与那些具有相同奖励性进食行为的目标人物相比，参与者往往对具有相似行为的目标人物更具同理心和更积极。有趣的是，对于那些具有相同苦味食物厌恶的人来说，情况并非如此。这些结果表明，那些被认为更可控和不寻常的进食行为可能会受到更负面的评价。针对这些特征的有针对性的教育或支持可能会减少负面态度。
