How scale and mirror influence attitudes towards an obese figure
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| contents | How scale and mirror influence attitudes towards an obese figure Dagmara Wrzecionkowska Sofía Rivera Aragón Rolando Díaz-Loving Psicología BMI women Obesity awareness objective self The current study evaluates anti-fat attitudes (AFA) relative to BMI, and whether these can be influenced via seeing oneself in a mirror or by weighing oneself. 134 female students assigned to four conditions: mirror; scale; scale and mirror; and control, had their BMI, appearance self-esteem, and AFA measured. To assess AFA a 12-item semantic differential was applied with an obese and average-weight image. Results showed that participants evaluated average-weight image as more beautiful, younger, happier, more responsible, more agile, harder-working, healthier, stronger, friendlier, more familiar, and yet more unfaithful relative to obese images. AFA was not related to BMI. Scale condition evoked the most AFA, while seeing oneself in a mirror resulted in the highest appearance self-esteem scores. Studies suggest that those without eating disorders who look in the mirror focus on positive body parts. Stepping on the scale seemed to make the issue of body-weight salient and accessible resulting in more elaborate and critical assessment of the obese image. 2019 artículo científico 1405-0943 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=133960951007 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1339/133960951007/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1339/133960951007/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1339/133960951007/133960951007.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1339/133960951007/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1339 Psicología Iberoamericana application/pdf Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México Psicología Iberoamericana (México) Num.1 Vol.27 |
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| spellingShingle | How scale and mirror influence attitudes towards an obese figure Dagmara Wrzecionkowska Psicología BMI women Obesity awareness objective self How scale and mirror influence attitudes towards an obese figure Dagmara Wrzecionkowska Sofía Rivera Aragón Rolando Díaz-Loving Psicología BMI women Obesity awareness objective self The current study evaluates anti-fat attitudes (AFA) relative to BMI, and whether these can be influenced via seeing oneself in a mirror or by weighing oneself. 134 female students assigned to four conditions: mirror; scale; scale and mirror; and control, had their BMI, appearance self-esteem, and AFA measured. To assess AFA a 12-item semantic differential was applied with an obese and average-weight image. Results showed that participants evaluated average-weight image as more beautiful, younger, happier, more responsible, more agile, harder-working, healthier, stronger, friendlier, more familiar, and yet more unfaithful relative to obese images. AFA was not related to BMI. Scale condition evoked the most AFA, while seeing oneself in a mirror resulted in the highest appearance self-esteem scores. Studies suggest that those without eating disorders who look in the mirror focus on positive body parts. Stepping on the scale seemed to make the issue of body-weight salient and accessible resulting in more elaborate and critical assessment of the obese image. 2019 artículo científico 1405-0943 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=133960951007 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1339/133960951007/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1339/133960951007/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1339/133960951007/133960951007.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1339/133960951007/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1339 Psicología Iberoamericana application/pdf Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México Psicología Iberoamericana (México) Num.1 Vol.27 |
| title | How scale and mirror influence attitudes towards an obese figure |
| topic | Psicología BMI women Obesity awareness objective self |
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