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
Racial Attitudes and Visual Cues in Political Judgments: Support for Obama During the 2008 Presidential Election
West T, Pearson A, Dovidio J, Johnson B, Phills C. Racial Attitudes and Visual Cues in Political Judgments: Support for Obama During the 2008 Presidential Election. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 2014, 20: 583-590. PMID: 25090140, DOI: 10.1037/a0036947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRacial attitudesPresidential electionU.S. presidential electionPolitical orientationPolitical judgmentAmerican responseObamaMore egalitarianDark skinnedElectionsAttitudesPersistent influenceRacePrior researchPoliticsPostelectionEgalitarianLongitudinal studyComplex roleVisual representationImplicationsSupportWhitesResearchImplicit 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
2013
Accuracy and Bias in Perceptions of Relationship Interest for Intergroup and Intragroup Roommates
West T, Dovidio J, Pearson A. Accuracy and Bias in Perceptions of Relationship Interest for Intergroup and Intragroup Roommates. Social Psychological And Personality Science 2013, 5: 235-242. DOI: 10.1177/1948550613490966.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRelationship interestCross-group friendshipsSame-race dyadsDirectional biasCross-race dyadsPerception of anxietyPresent longitudinal studyCross-race relationshipsPartner's anxietyPerceptual dynamicsIntergroup interactionsDyad typesAnxietyRelationship formationRelationship developmentLongitudinal studyPrevious researchPartner interestDyadsPerceptionTypes of processesDifferent races/ethnicitiesRoommatesBiasIntergroup