Disgust, contempt, and anger and the stereotypes of obese people

Abstract

Overall, these findings provide further evidence that disgust plays an important role in prejudice toward obese people.

Physical disgust, germ aversion and antifat attitudes: the mediational effect of perceived controllability of weight

“…Other authors have showed that physical disgust was a good predictor of negative attitudes toward obese individuals (O"Brien, et al, 2013). All these works suggest that physical disgust plays a central role in the explanation of antifat attitudes (Vartanian, Thomas, & Vanman, 2013).…”

“…The reason for the election of a sample composed only by women is based on the fact that it has been found that antifat attitudes are just related with physical disgust in the case of female participants (Vartanian et al, 2013). This result may be explained by the sociocultural differences about thinness internalization found between women and men.…”

What Has Stigma Got to Do with Physiotherapy?

“…Instead, part of stigma is its effect on a person's body and mind (e.g., higher levels of depression and cortisol levels in those who are stigmatized, feelings of disgust in those who stigmatize). 3,13,14 This thinking also reveals that stigma is evident in objects in the environment (e.g., equipment that fits only some bodies, images of thin people used in advertising), 7 in what a person can do, and in how a person can live (e.g., reduced employment opportunities, social standing, dating opportunities). 15 In health care specifically, stigma is apparent in decision making, interpersonal interactions, care judgments, personal perceptions, quality of professional practice, avoidance of health care by those who feel stigmatized, and a lack of trust in health care providers.…”

Weight bias: Investigating the impact of an empathy-evoking intervention in reducing mental health professionals' anti-fat attitudes

“…There was however the possibility that some participants may have found the video's content too sensitive or offensive, and instead of evoking empathy the video content may only have activated negative feelings (repulsion/disgust) and discomfort for the participants. Perhaps in attempting to evoke empathy participants were reminded of (1) negative experiences with individuals who are overweight/obese; or (2) In a study by Vartanian, Thomas and Vanman (2013), participants indicated the extent to which they felt disgust, contempt and anger toward people who are obese. Of the three emotions only disgust was a significant positive predictor of obesity stereotypes, and therefore shown to play an important role in negative attitudes toward people who are obese.…”