Counter-conditioning as an intervention to modify anti-fat attitudes

FLINT, Stuart, HUDSON, Joanne and LAVALLEE, David (2013). Counter-conditioning as an intervention to modify anti-fat attitudes. Health Psychology Research, 1 (2).

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Centre for Sport and Exercise Science
Depositing User: Rachel Davison
Date Deposited: 02 Aug 2013 13:32
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 13:50
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7188

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