Overweight or about right? A norm comparison explanation of perceived weight status.
Overweight or about right? A norm comparison explanation of perceived weight status.
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DOI：
10.1002/osp4.89
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发表时间：
2017-03
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Kersbergen I
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作者：
Robinson E;Kersbergen I
体重标准可以解释为什么对体重状况的个人评估往往是不准确的。在这里，我们测试了体重状态感知的“规范比较”解释，即个人对体重状态的评估受到感知到的体重规范的偏见。研究1调查了一个人对自己的体重与普通人的比较是否能预测个人对体重状况的评估。研究2调查了操纵自己的体重与普通人相比的感觉是否会影响一个人是否认为自己的体重状况超重。在研究1中，如果参与者认为自己的体重与普通人的体重相似，他们就不太可能认为自己的体重状况超重。在研究2中，被引导相信自己的体重比普通人重的参与者更有可能认为自己的体重状况超重。个人对体重状况的看法很可能是由“标准比较”过程形成的。随着超重变得越来越普遍，超重和肥胖人群对体重状况的低估将更加普遍。
Body‐weight norms may explain why personal evaluations of weight status are often inaccurate. Here, we tested a ‘norm comparison’ explanation of weight status perceptions, whereby personal evaluations of weight status are biased by perceived body‐weight norms. Study 1 examined whether perceptions of how one's own body weight compares to an average person predict personal evaluations of weight status. Study 2 examined whether manipulating perceptions of how one's own body weight compares to an average person influences whether or not a person identifies their own weight status as being overweight. In Study 1, if participants rated their body weight as being similar to the body weight of an average person, they were less likely to identify their weight status as being overweight. In Study 2, participants that were led to believe that their body weight was heavier than the average person were more likely to perceive their own weight status as being overweight. Personal perceptions of weight status are likely to be shaped by a ‘norm comparison’ process. As overweight becomes more normal, underestimation of weight status amongst individuals with overweight and obesity will be more common.