Weight-based discrimination in financial reward and punishment decision making: causal evidence using a novel experimental paradigm.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Cross-sectional research has demonstrated weight-related stigma and discrimination, however experimental research providing causal evidence of financial-based weight discrimination is lacking. The aim of these preregistered experiments was to examine whether a novel paradigm in which participants attributed financial rewards and punishments could be used to detect weight bias.

Subjects/methods

One-hundred and twenty-one individuals participated in experiment 1 and one-hundred and sixty-six individuals participated in experiment 2. Both studies were conducted online, and participants were provided with biographies of hypothetical individuals in which weight-status was manipulated (normal weight vs. overweight/obesity) before being asked to provide reward

SUBMITTER: Jones A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9239905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature