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

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Einar B. Thorsteinsson¹  Natasha M. Loi¹  Dana Breadsell¹ 

[1] Psychology/School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England

关键词: Exercise;    Obesity;    Prejudice;    Self-efficacy;    Weight management;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.1764

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY