Towards a sociocultural model of weight stigma.
Social comparison
Thin-ideal internalization
Weight controllability beliefs
Weight stigma
Journal
Eating and weight disorders : EWD
ISSN: 1590-1262
Titre abrégé: Eat Weight Disord
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9707113
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Apr 2021
Historique:
received:
03
03
2020
accepted:
14
05
2020
pubmed:
29
5
2020
medline:
24
6
2021
entrez:
29
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Weight stigma is pervasive and is associated with numerous physical and psychological health consequences, including decreased body satisfaction. Understanding of contributing factors to weight stigma remains limited, although researchers have consistently documented the connection between weight controllability beliefs and weight stigma. Sociocultural factors, including thin-ideal internalization and related social-cognitive correlates, are in the nascent stages of exploration to further our understanding of weight stigma. In this study, we tested an emerging sociocultural model of weight stigma, examining the influence of thin-ideal internalization and appearance-related comparisons on weight stigma, statistically controlling for weight controllability beliefs and accounting for thin-ideal environmental influences. Participants were 137 MTurk workers living in the United States. We found that increased thin-ideal information was associated with thin-ideal internalization, which in turn was related to both upward and downward appearance-related comparison tendencies. These comparisons were then significantly related to weight stigma, controlling for weight controllability beliefs. There were significant indirect effects of both upward and downward appearance-related comparison tendencies on the relation between thin-ideal internalization and weight stigma. These results extend limited prior research examining the association between the thin-ideal and appearance-related comparisons with weight stigma, and contribute to a more nuanced understanding of this complex phenomenon. Level V, cross-sectional study.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32462360
doi: 10.1007/s40519-020-00931-6
pii: 10.1007/s40519-020-00931-6
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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