Implications of Wearing a Fat Suit for Eating, Physiological Stress, and Psychological Well-Being
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 109
- 主要终点
- Eating behavior measured via grams of food consumed
研究概览
简要总结
This study examined how wearing a fat suit might lead individuals to experience the negative effects of weight based stigmatization, including psychological, behavioral, and physiological consequences. It also aimed to test using the fat suit as a possible intervention tactic to reduce weight stigma.
详细描述
The goal of this study was to understand how embodying a stigmatized domain might elicit the same consequences investigators see in victims of weight stigma. Participants were randomly assigned to either manipulate their weight through wearing a fat suit prosthesis or to a control condition where they wore the same clothing that was on the fat suit but in their own size. Outcome variables were cortisol reactivity, psychological well-being, and food and drink consumption. Additionally, this study tested whether wearing the fat suit might serve as an effective weight stigma reduction effort.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participants had to be registered in the UCLA Department of Psychology Subject Pool.
排除标准
- •No specific exclusion criteria.
研究组 & 干预措施
Fat Suit Condition
Participants are randomly assigned to wear a fat suit and then walk across campus.
干预措施: Fat Suit (Other)
Control Condition
Participants are randomly assigned to wear the same clothing that is on the fat suit but in their own size and then walk across campus.
干预措施: Control Condition (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Eating behavior measured via grams of food consumed
时间窗: ~10-minutes post-manipulation
M\&Ms, potato chips, and full-sugar soda consumption
次要结局
- Cortisol reactivity(~20 minutes post-manipulation)
- Antifat Attitudes measured via electronic questionnaire(~30 minutes after post-manipulation)
- Psychological Well-Being measured via electronic questionnaires(~15 minutes post-manipulation)
研究者
A. Janet Tomiyama
Faculty Sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles