Unpacking the psychological weight of weight stigma: A rejection-expectation pathway
Unpacking the psychological weight of weight stigma: A rejection-expectation pathway
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2015.12.003
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发表时间：
2016-03-01
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3.5
通讯作者：
Miller, Carol
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作者：
Blodorn, Alison;Major, Brenda;Miller, Carol
本研究验证了一个假设，即高体重个体的体重污名的负面影响是由社会拒绝的预期介导的。客观体重（身体质量指数; BMI）不同的女性和男性发表演讲，描述他们为什么会成为一个好的约会对象。一半的人相信潜在的约会伴侣会看到他们演讲的录像带（体重看不见），一半的人相信潜在的约会伴侣会听他们演讲的录音带（体重看不见）。在女性中，而不是男性，更高的体重预测社会拒绝的期望增加，执行控制资源减少，自尊心下降，增加自我意识的情绪和行为显示的自我意识时，看到体重，但不是当体重看不见。正如预测的那样，体重较高的女性报告说，当体重被看到时（而不是看不见），社会排斥的期望增加，这反过来又预示着自尊心下降，自我意识情绪增加，压力增加。相比之下，体重较低的女性报告说，当体重被看到时（与看不见的相比），社会排斥的预期降低，这反过来又预示着自尊心的增强，自我意识的情绪减少，压力减少。男性的反应在很大程度上不受体重或能见度的影响，这表明约会环境可能不会对体重较高的男性造成身份威胁。总的来说，本研究阐明了一个拒绝期望路径，通过该路径，体重污名破坏了高体重女性的健康。(C)© 2015 Elsevier Inc版权所有。
The present research tested the hypothesis that the negative effects of weight stigma among higher body-weight individuals are mediated by expectations of social rejection. Women and men who varied in objective body weight (body mass index; BMI) gave a speech describing why they would make a good date. Half believed that a potential dating partner would see a videotape of their speech (weight seen) and half believed that a potential dating partner would listen to an audiotape of their speech (weight unseen). Among women, but not men, higher body-weight predicted increased expectations of social rejection, decreased executive control resources, decreased self-esteem, increased self-conscious emotions and behavioral displays of self-consciousness when weight was seen but not when weight was unseen. As predicted, higher body-weight women reported increased expectations of social rejection when weight was seen (versus unseen), which in turn predicted decreased self-esteem, increased self-conscious emotions, and increased stress. In contrast, lower body-weight women reported decreased expectations of social rejection when weight was seen (versus unseen), which in turn predicted increased self-esteem, decreased self-conscious emotions, and decreased stress. Men's responses were largely unaffected by body-weight or visibility, suggesting that a dating context may not be identity threatening for higher body-weight men. Overall, the present research illuminates a rejection expectation pathway by which weight stigma undermines higher body-weight women's health. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.