The relationship between physical appearance concerns,disgust, and anti-fat prejudice |
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| Authors: | Kerry S. O’Brien Sigrún Daníelsdóttir Ragnar P. Ólafsson Ingunn Hansdóttir Thorarna G. Fridjónsdóttir Halla Jónsdóttir |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Behavioural Studies, Monash University, Australia;2. School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK;3. Division of Health Determinants, Directorate of Health, Reykjavík, Iceland;4. Division of Psychiatry, Landspitali-University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland;5. Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| Abstract: | This study examined relationships between physical appearance concerns (fear of fat, body image disturbance; BIDQ), disgust, and anti-fat prejudice (dislike, blame), and tested whether disgust mediates relationships between physical appearance concerns and anti-fat prejudice. Participants (N = 1649; age = 28 years) provided demographic data and completed measures of anti-fat prejudice, tendency to feel disgust, and physical appearance concerns. Univariate, multivariate, and mediation analyses were conducted. Univariate and multivariate associations were found between fear of fat, BIDQ, disgust, and anti-fat prejudice for women. For women only, mediation analyses showed that disgust partially mediated relationships between physical appearance concerns and dislike of fat people. For men, univariate and multivariate relationships were found between fear of fat, and dislike and blame of fat people, but disgust was not related to anti-fat prejudice. Newer constructs centering on physical appearance concerns and disgust appear promising candidates for understanding anti-fat prejudice. |
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| Keywords: | Anti-fat prejudice Physical appearance concerns Disgust Obesity Weight bias |
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