Affluence cues and first impressions: Does it matter how the affluence was acquired?

Christopher, Andrew N.; Morgan, Ryan D.; Marek, Pam; Troisi, Jordan D.; Jones, Jason R.; Reinhart, David F.

doi:10.1016/j.joep.2004.02.002

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“…Weight-loss surgery patients may not be able to overcome the obesity stigma as surgery may be perceived as the lazy weight-loss option because of an assumption that it does not require the effort and discipline that losing weight through exercise and dieting does. 17 Thus, despite choosing to undergo weightloss surgery to reduce weight stigma, 20 obese individuals may continue to be viewed as conforming to the obesity stereotype, and hence be considered lazy and lacking willpower.…”

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“…For example, there is evidence that people's perceptions of the effort an individual exerts to obtain his or her personal outcomes influences impressions of that individual. 17 From a weight-loss perspective, exercise and dieting might be seen as involving more personal effort than surgery, and could therefore result in different perceptions of the individual who has lost weight. Specifically, individuals who achieve weight loss through surgery may be viewed more negatively than individuals who achieve weight loss through dieting and exercise.…”

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Changes in weight bias following weight loss: the impact of weight-loss method

Fardouly

Vartanian

2011

Int J Obes

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Background: Many obese individuals lose weight to reduce weight stigma; however, little is known about whether other people's attitudes actually improve towards obese individuals after they have lost weight, and whether changes in attitudes depend on the method of weight loss. This study examined changes in people's perceptions of an obese target who had lost weight through diet and exercise or through surgery. Method: Participants (N ¼ 73) initially viewed an image of an obese woman or a thin woman (control condition), and were asked to indicate their perceptions of the target with respect to the target's behaviors (for example, how often she exercises), as well as some personality characteristics (for example, lazy, sloppy and competent). Participants then viewed a more recent image of the target in which she had lost weight, and were informed that the target had lost weight through diet and exercise or through surgery, or were not provided with any explanation for the weight loss. Participants once again indicated their impression of the target on the same measures. Results: Regardless of the method of weight loss, all targets were rated as eating more healthily, exercising more, and being more competent and less sloppy after having lost weight. Participants also rated the target as less lazy when they learned that she had lost weight through diet and exercise, or when no information was provided about the method of weight loss; the target who lost weight through surgery, however, was not seen as being any less lazy after losing weight. Conclusion: These findings indicate that perceptions of obese individuals can in fact improve after they have lost weight, but that this might depend on the method of weight loss.

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Changes in weight bias following weight loss: the impact of weight-loss method

Fardouly

Vartanian

2011

Int J Obes

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“…Therefore, observing that high effort exertion results in positive outcomes (i.e., weight loss) for individuals is satisfying for observers in part because it validates their just world thinking (i.e., the erroneous belief that good things always happen to good people; Lerner, ). For instance, those who were perceived to have put effort into their successes are viewed more positively than those who do not exert such effort (Christopher et al., ; Feather & Dawson, ). Also consumers are willing to pay higher prices (for the same products) if they believe the retailer put more (vs. less) effort into a display (Morales, ).…”

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Residual Fat Stigma After Weight Loss: The Mediating Role of Perceived Effort

Stambush

Hill-Mercer

Mattingly

2016

J Appl Biobehavioral Res

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The current research examined if the method of weight loss influences individuals' perceptions of a formerly fat target. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three weight loss descriptions: diet/exercise, diet pill, or no weight loss description (control). Targets who lost weight via diet pill were ascribed more negative attributions relative to those who lost weight via diet/exercise. This relationship was mediated by the amount of perceived effort expended to achieve weight loss. Furthermore, these findings suggest that individuals who lose weight are still susceptible to the negative attributions and stigmatizations associated with fatness, particularly if a less effortful method is used.

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“…Participants are also less likely to approve of financial assistance for the low-effort target. Additionally, Christopher et al (2005) found that participants tend to rate a target who became wealthy because of inheritance as being lower in conscientiousness and openness to experience compared with a target who became wealthy because of entrepreneurial success. Research has also shown that participants report that they would have more pride for a success and less shame for a failure if they had expended greater effort than if they had expended minimal effort (Nicholls, 1976).…”

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“…Participants are also less likely to approve of financial assistance for the low‐effort target. Additionally, Christopher et al. (2005) found that participants tend to rate a target who became wealthy because of inheritance as being lower in conscientiousness and openness to experience compared with a target who became wealthy because of entrepreneurial success.…”

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Weight Loss Effort and Anti-Fat Attitudes on Perceptions of a Target's Sociability and Experienced Exclusion

Bullock

Stambush

Mattingly

2011

Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research

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Research has shown that a negativity bias exists for surgical weight loss methods that are considered to be low in effort (Mattingly, Stambush, & Hill). We examined if this anti‐surgery bias was merely an anti‐effort bias, and if this bias was dependent on one's endorsement of anti‐fat attitudes. For those high in anti‐fat attitudes, the high‐effort weight loss target was rated more positively and was perceived as having been teased more in the past than the low‐effort target. The current study demonstrates that whether an individual is still subject to the negative attributions associated with overweight people is dependent on the effort they exerted in order to lose weight and the evaluator's endorsement of anti‐fat attitudes.

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Affluence cues and first impressions: Does it matter how the affluence was acquired?

Cited by 25 publications

References 18 publications

Changes in weight bias following weight loss: the impact of weight-loss method

Changes in weight bias following weight loss: the impact of weight-loss method

Residual Fat Stigma After Weight Loss: The Mediating Role of Perceived Effort

Weight Loss Effort and Anti-Fat Attitudes on Perceptions of a Target's Sociability and Experienced Exclusion

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