在衡量对体重的污名化态度时,术语是否重要? 对肥胖人群的短暂修改态度的验证
Caitlin A Martin-Wagar1, Katelyn A Melcher1, Sarah E Attaway1
1Department of Psychology University of Montana Missoula Montana USA.
Obesity science & practice
|August 22, 2024
概括
在对肥胖者的态度 (ATOP) 规模修订中使用中立语言,修改后的ATOP-Higher Weight (ATOP-HW) 有效地评估了体重耻辱. 这个简短的8项措施为理解反脂肪偏见提供了更敏感的方法.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 体重耻辱是一个重大问题,像对肥胖者的态度 (ATOP) 等衡量标准中的常用术语被认为是污名化的.
- 生活经验凸显了研究工具中需要更敏感,更少判断性的语言的需要.
研究的目的:
- 通过用中性术语取代污名化语言来修订对肥胖者的态度 (ATOP) 尺度.
- 用中性术语评估修改过的ATOP尺度的心理测量特性.
主要方法:
- 参与者 (N=832) 被随机分配到完成原来的20项ATOP或使用中性术语 (例如"更高的体重") 的修改版.
- 主要组件分析和确认因素分析被用来确定修改后的尺度的结构和适应性.
主要成果:
- 在原始和修改的ATOP得分之间发现了统计学上显著的差异,修改版的得分略高 (d = -0.22,p = 0.024).
- 主要组件分析表明,修改过的ATOP (ATOP-Higher Weight; ATOP-HW) 的简短的8项单维版本显示出最合适.
- 在第二个样本中进行的确认因素分析验证了ATOP-HW.W.的8项因素结构.
结论:
- 修改后的简短的ATOP-HW是使用中立语言评估对高体重个体的负面态度的合适措施.
- 该研究表明,体重耻辱指标中的中立术语是一种有希望的方法,可以避免加强耻辱的态度.
- 需要进一步的研究,以充分了解体重耻辱措施中的术语如何影响评估,并完善准确和道德测量的工具.
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