Abstract
Overweight individuals face significant prejudice and discrimination in daily life yet it is not well understood how factors associated with prejudice and discrimination (i.e. negative social stereotypes) impact overweight individuals' exercise/dietary health intentions. It is proposed that the Model of Stereotype Threat may serve as a useful theoretical tool for interpreting the situational impact of negative stereotypes on the health intentions of overweight individuals. Analyses with a community sample of 100 clinically overweight women showed that priming overweight women to think about weight-related stereotypes led to significantly diminished exercise and dietary health intentions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 556-567 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Health intentions
- Obesity
- Stereotype threat
- Threat concerns
- Weight status
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology