Author(s) |
Thorsteinsson, Einar B
Loi, Natasha
Breadsell, Dana
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Publication Date |
2016
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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.
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Citation |
PeerJ, v.4, p. 1-14
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ISSN |
2167-8359
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Language |
en
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Publisher |
PeerJ, Ltd
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Title |
The effect of weight controllability beliefs on prejudice and self-efficacy
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Type of document |
Journal Article
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Entity Type |
Publication
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