2024
Weight Bias and Preparedness to Treat Higher-Weight Patients: Understanding the Role of Motivation to Respond Without Weight-Based Prejudice Among Resident Physicians
Standen E, Philip S, Dovidio J, van Ryn M, Phelan S. Weight Bias and Preparedness to Treat Higher-Weight Patients: Understanding the Role of Motivation to Respond Without Weight-Based Prejudice Among Resident Physicians. Stigma And Health 2024 DOI: 10.1037/sah0000582.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher-weight patientsWeight biasLevels of weight biasInternal motivationExternal motivationSelf-rated preparednessExplicit weight biasIntervention effortsResident physiciansLongitudinal studyWeight stigmaPopulation of health care providersDemographic variablesPrejudiceHealth care providersParticipantsMotivationBody mass indexCare providersHigher-weightInferior careHealth careMedical traineesFindingsMass index
2014
Implicit and explicit weight bias in a national sample of 4,732 medical students: The medical student CHANGES study
Phelan S, Dovidio J, Puhl R, Burgess D, Nelson D, Yeazel M, Hardeman R, Perry S, van Ryn M. Implicit and explicit weight bias in a national sample of 4,732 medical students: The medical student CHANGES study. Obesity 2014, 22: 1201-1208. PMID: 24375989, PMCID: PMC3968216, DOI: 10.1002/oby.20687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExplicit weight biasWeight biasExplicit biasAnti-Fat Attitudes TestMedical Student CHANGE StudyImplicit Association TestImplicit weight biasImplications of biasesStudent factorsNational sampleExplicit attitudesLarge national sampleWeight biasesBias scoresAttitudes TestRacial minoritiesAssociation TestLongitudinal studyFeeling thermometerYear medical studentsFuture researchMedical studentsTest interventionsBiasesStudents