The effect of weight controllability beliefs on prejudice and self-efficacy

Author(s)
Thorsteinsson, Einar B
Loi, Natasha
Breadsell, Dana
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to test for the presence of prejudice towards obesity and whether weight controllability beliefs information reduces this prejudice and impacts on a person's own healthy eating self-efficacy. The experiment randomly allocated 346 participants (49 males) into one of three conditions: controllable contributors toward obesity condition (e.g., information about personal control about diet and exercise); uncontrollable contributors toward obesity condition (e.g., information about genes, factors in society); and a control condition with no information given. Prejudice was present in 81% of the sample. High prejudice was predicted by low self-efficacy for exercise and weight. Weight controllability beliefs information had no significant effect on prejudice levels or exercise or healthy eating self-efficacy levels. Future research directions are discussed.
Citation
PeerJ, v.4, p. 1-14
ISSN
2167-8359
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Language
en
Publisher
PeerJ, Ltd
Title
The effect of weight controllability beliefs on prejudice and self-efficacy
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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