Overweight people have low levels of implicit weight bias, but overweight nations have high levels of implicit weight bias.
Although a greater degree of personal obesity is associated with weaker negativity toward overweight people on both explicit (i.e., self-report) and implicit (i.e., indirect behavioral) measures, overweight people still prefer thin people on average. We investigated whether the national and cultural...
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doaj-f24eecc76daa4be2a839c6f819b8cd862020-11-24T21:54:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01812e8354310.1371/journal.pone.0083543Overweight people have low levels of implicit weight bias, but overweight nations have high levels of implicit weight bias.Maddalena MariniNatarajan SriramKonrad SchnabelNorbert MaliszewskiThierry DevosBo EkehammarReinout WiersCai HuaJianMónika SomogyiKimihiro ShiomuraSimone SchnallFélix NetoYoav Bar-AnanMichelangelo VianelloAlfonso AyalaGabriel DorantesJaihyun ParkSelin KesebirAntonio PereiraBogdan TulbureTuulia OrtnerIrena StepanikovaAnthony G GreenwaldBrian A NosekAlthough a greater degree of personal obesity is associated with weaker negativity toward overweight people on both explicit (i.e., self-report) and implicit (i.e., indirect behavioral) measures, overweight people still prefer thin people on average. We investigated whether the national and cultural context - particularly the national prevalence of obesity - predicts attitudes toward overweight people independent of personal identity and weight status. Data were collected from a total sample of 338,121 citizens from 71 nations in 22 different languages on the Project Implicit website (https://implicit.harvard.edu/) between May 2006 and October 2010. We investigated the relationship of the explicit and implicit weight bias with the obesity both at the individual (i.e., across individuals) and national (i.e., across nations) level. Explicit weight bias was assessed with self-reported preference between overweight and thin people; implicit weight bias was measured with the Implicit Association Test (IAT). The national estimates of explicit and implicit weight bias were obtained by averaging the individual scores for each nation. Obesity at the individual level was defined as Body Mass Index (BMI) scores, whereas obesity at the national level was defined as three national weight indicators (national BMI, national percentage of overweight and underweight people) obtained from publicly available databases. Across individuals, greater degree of obesity was associated with weaker implicit negativity toward overweight people compared to thin people. Across nations, in contrast, a greater degree of national obesity was associated with stronger implicit negativity toward overweight people compared to thin people. This result indicates a different relationship between obesity and implicit weight bias at the individual and national levels.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3866190?pdf=render |
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Maddalena Marini Natarajan Sriram Konrad Schnabel Norbert Maliszewski Thierry Devos Bo Ekehammar Reinout Wiers Cai HuaJian Mónika Somogyi Kimihiro Shiomura Simone Schnall Félix Neto Yoav Bar-Anan Michelangelo Vianello Alfonso Ayala Gabriel Dorantes Jaihyun Park Selin Kesebir Antonio Pereira Bogdan Tulbure Tuulia Ortner Irena Stepanikova Anthony G Greenwald Brian A Nosek |
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Maddalena Marini Natarajan Sriram Konrad Schnabel Norbert Maliszewski Thierry Devos Bo Ekehammar Reinout Wiers Cai HuaJian Mónika Somogyi Kimihiro Shiomura Simone Schnall Félix Neto Yoav Bar-Anan Michelangelo Vianello Alfonso Ayala Gabriel Dorantes Jaihyun Park Selin Kesebir Antonio Pereira Bogdan Tulbure Tuulia Ortner Irena Stepanikova Anthony G Greenwald Brian A Nosek Overweight people have low levels of implicit weight bias, but overweight nations have high levels of implicit weight bias. PLoS ONE |
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Maddalena Marini Natarajan Sriram Konrad Schnabel Norbert Maliszewski Thierry Devos Bo Ekehammar Reinout Wiers Cai HuaJian Mónika Somogyi Kimihiro Shiomura Simone Schnall Félix Neto Yoav Bar-Anan Michelangelo Vianello Alfonso Ayala Gabriel Dorantes Jaihyun Park Selin Kesebir Antonio Pereira Bogdan Tulbure Tuulia Ortner Irena Stepanikova Anthony G Greenwald Brian A Nosek |
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Overweight people have low levels of implicit weight bias, but overweight nations have high levels of implicit weight bias. |
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Overweight people have low levels of implicit weight bias, but overweight nations have high levels of implicit weight bias. |
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Overweight people have low levels of implicit weight bias, but overweight nations have high levels of implicit weight bias. |
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Overweight people have low levels of implicit weight bias, but overweight nations have high levels of implicit weight bias. |
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Overweight people have low levels of implicit weight bias, but overweight nations have high levels of implicit weight bias. |
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overweight people have low levels of implicit weight bias, but overweight nations have high levels of implicit weight bias. |
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Although a greater degree of personal obesity is associated with weaker negativity toward overweight people on both explicit (i.e., self-report) and implicit (i.e., indirect behavioral) measures, overweight people still prefer thin people on average. We investigated whether the national and cultural context - particularly the national prevalence of obesity - predicts attitudes toward overweight people independent of personal identity and weight status. Data were collected from a total sample of 338,121 citizens from 71 nations in 22 different languages on the Project Implicit website (https://implicit.harvard.edu/) between May 2006 and October 2010. We investigated the relationship of the explicit and implicit weight bias with the obesity both at the individual (i.e., across individuals) and national (i.e., across nations) level. Explicit weight bias was assessed with self-reported preference between overweight and thin people; implicit weight bias was measured with the Implicit Association Test (IAT). The national estimates of explicit and implicit weight bias were obtained by averaging the individual scores for each nation. Obesity at the individual level was defined as Body Mass Index (BMI) scores, whereas obesity at the national level was defined as three national weight indicators (national BMI, national percentage of overweight and underweight people) obtained from publicly available databases. Across individuals, greater degree of obesity was associated with weaker implicit negativity toward overweight people compared to thin people. Across nations, in contrast, a greater degree of national obesity was associated with stronger implicit negativity toward overweight people compared to thin people. This result indicates a different relationship between obesity and implicit weight bias at the individual and national levels. |
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