Counter-Conditioning as an Intervention to Modify Anti-Fat Attitudes

This study examined the effect of anti-fat attitude counter-conditioning using positive images of obese individuals participants completed implicit and explicit measures of attitudes towards fatness on three occasions: no intervention; following exposure to positive images of obese members of the ge...

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Published in:Health psychology research 2013-07, Vol.1 (2), p.e24
Main Authors: Flint, Stuart W, Hudson, Joanne, Lavallee, David
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Language:English
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Summary:This study examined the effect of anti-fat attitude counter-conditioning using positive images of obese individuals participants completed implicit and explicit measures of attitudes towards fatness on three occasions: no intervention; following exposure to positive images of obese members of the general public; and to images of obese celebrities. Contrary to expectations, positive images of obese individuals did not result in more positive attitudes towards fatness as expected and, in some cases, indices of these attitudes worsened. Results suggest that attitudes towards obesity and fatness may be somewhat robust and resistant to change, possibly suggesting a central and not peripheral processing route for their formation.
ISSN:2420-8124
2420-8124
DOI:10.4081/hpr.2013.738