Implicit and Explicit Anti-Fat Attitude Change Following Brief Cognitive Dissonance Intervention for Weight Stigma.

Lauren BreithauptPaige J TrojanowskiSarah Fischer

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)

This study provides support for cognitive dissonance-based interventions to reduce explicit, but not implicit, anti-fat attitudes following repeated exposure to dissonance induction.

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
mental health
physical activity
randomized controlled trial
body mass index
fatty acid
mental illness
social support
weight gain
depressive symptoms
antiretroviral therapy