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| Title |
Stigmatizing attitudes towards individuals with anorexia nervosa: an investigation of attribution theory
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| Published in |
Journal of Eating Disorders, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/2050-2974-1-5 |
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| Authors |
Kristy Zwickert, Elizabeth Rieger |
| Abstract |
Guided by Attribution Theory, this study assessed stigmatizing attitudes towards an individual with anorexia nervosa (AN) compared to obesity and skin cancer, and examined the extent to which manipulating a target individual's level of blameworthiness affects levels of stigmatizing attitudes. One hundred and thirty-five female undergraduate students were randomly assigned to one of three conditions. Before and after receiving blameworthy or non-blameworthy information relating to the target's condition, participants completed a series of self-report inventories measuring their emotional reactions, desire for social distance, and causal attributions regarding the target. Participants reported a significantly greater desire for social distance from the target with AN compared to targets with obesity or skin cancer, and yet (contrary to Attribution Theory) attributed less blame to the target with AN. There were significant increases in stigmatization towards targets described as blameworthy relative to targets described as non-blameworthy. The findings provide insight into the elevated levels of stigmatizing attitudes held towards individuals with AN, and the role of Attribution Theory in partially accounting for this stigma. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 23% |
| United States | 3 | 23% |
| Canada | 2 | 15% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 54% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 23% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 23% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 110 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 109 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 31 | 28% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Researcher | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 15% |
| Unknown | 18 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 54 | 49% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 14% |
| Unknown | 20 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 March 2016.
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#1,494,548
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#117
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#15,358
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#4
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