
Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 30(1)
Published: April 30, 2025
Abstract Purpose This study examined how weight and race impact mental health stigma, perceived need for treatment, severity of anorexia nervosa We experimentally manipulated race, replicating extending Varnado-Sullivan et al. (Eat Weight Disord 25:601–608, 2020). Methods 336 participants were recruited from Prolific. Participants self-reported pre-existing exposure to attitudes regarding illness. randomly assigned read an vignette that (White or Black) (“underweight” “obese”). about the woman in (mental stigma), treatment condition literacy). hypothesized greater lower literacy would be present Black higher-weight vignettes, controlling covariates. Results Analyses found only significantly predicted literacy, stigma; did not predict stigma. A significant Race x interaction stigma two items. Conclusion Replicating (Varnado-Sullivan Eat 2020), we weight-based bias those with eating disorders, some interactions between on
Language: Английский