The heavy weight of death: How anti-fat bias is affected by weight-based group membership and existential threat

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The heavy weight of death: How anti-fat bias is affected by weight-based group membership and existential threat. / Seibert, Ann; Schindler, Simon; Reinhard, Marc André.
in: Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Jahrgang 45, Nr. 3, 01.03.2015, S. 139-146.

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title = "The heavy weight of death: How anti-fat bias is affected by weight-based group membership and existential threat",
abstract = "Anti-fat bias is marked by a devaluation of overweight people compared with non-overweight persons. Even though belonging to the same group, research on social identity theory (SIT) indicates that overweight people also devaluate overweight others. Merging insights from research on anti-fat bias, SIT, and terror management theory, our study (n=101) provides new insights on motivational aspects of anti-fat bias by investigating the effects of existential threat on the evaluation of non-overweight and overweight people. Results revealed that participants in the existential threat condition displayed in-group bias: Participants perceiving themselves as non-overweight showed more pronounced anti-fat bias compared with participants in the non-death threat condition. In contrast, participants perceiving themselves as overweight demonstrated less anti-fat bias than controls.",
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author = "Ann Seibert and Simon Schindler and Reinhard, {Marc Andr{\'e}}",
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