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
2020
Does a Common Ingroup Identity Reduce Weight Bias? Only When Weight Discrimination Is Salient
Brochu P, Banfield J, Dovidio J. Does a Common Ingroup Identity Reduce Weight Bias? Only When Weight Discrimination Is Salient. Frontiers In Psychology 2020, 10: 3020. PMID: 32038393, PMCID: PMC6985568, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Can Legislation Prohibiting Weight Discrimination Improve Psychological Well‐Being? A Preliminary Investigation
Pearl R, Puhl R, Dovidio J. Can Legislation Prohibiting Weight Discrimination Improve Psychological Well‐Being? A Preliminary Investigation. Analyses Of Social Issues And Public Policy 2017, 17: 84-104. DOI: 10.1111/asap.12128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWeight discriminationWeight biasInternalized weight biasWeight bias internalizationMere knowledgeOverweight/obesityPoor mental healthPositive affectNegative affectAffective responsesIllegal conditionsMental healthUnfair treatmentAnalysis of covariancePresent researchObesityAffectParticipantsDiscrimination
2015
Visual portrayals of obesity in health media: promoting exercise without perpetuating weight bias
Pearl R, Dovidio J, Puhl R. Visual portrayals of obesity in health media: promoting exercise without perpetuating weight bias. Health Education Research 2015, 30: 580-590. PMID: 26116585, DOI: 10.1093/her/cyv025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeight statusHealth education campaignsNon-overweight participantsWeight-biased attitudesWeight biasNegative health consequencesHealth education materialsParticipants' weight statusLean womenUS womenObesityAnalysis of covarianceExercise imagesHealth consequencesLow expressionWomenExercise behaviorEducation campaignsHealth mediaExerciseEducation materialsStatusHigher reportsParticipants
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