The influence of partner appearance in the assessment of a person with obesity: an experimental study.
In: Eating and weight disorders : EWD, Jg. 27 (2022-12-01), Heft 8, S. 3767-3771
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Purpose: This study analyzes whether knowing that a male with obesity has a romantic relationship with a normal weight woman improves impressions about him.
Methods: An online experiment was conducted with a sample of 3024 adult participants (1828 women and 1196 men) with a mean age of 36.11 (SD = 13.49). Each participant was shown two photographs: one of a male target with obesity and one of his female partner (who had either normal weight or obesity depending on the condition). The respondents' sex was added as a fixed factor into the analyses. Physical attractiveness was rated using an item with a scale ranging from 0 to 100. Competence, warmth, and morality were measured using a 17-item adjective list.
Results: The target was assessed as more attractive when he had a partner with normal weight (F(1, 3009) = 4.85, p = .028, [Formula: see text] = .002), and was also given higher scores for competence (F(1, 3009) = 4.93, p = .026, [Formula: see text] = .002), warmth (F(1, 3009) = 4.32, p = .038, [Formula: see text] = .001), and morality (F(1, 3009) = 11.16, p = .001, [Formula: see text] = .004). There was a significant interaction between partner weight and the respondents' sex for physical attractiveness, as the difference between the scores in each condition was only significant for women.
Conclusion: It is possible that women perceived that the male target who had a normal weight partner had a higher status or some hidden quality besides his physical appearance, and thus rated him as more attractive.
Level of Evidence: Level I, experimental study.
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The influence of partner appearance in the assessment of a person with obesity: an experimental study.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Magallares, A ; Pérez-Garín, D ; Recio, P ; Molero, F |
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Zeitschrift: | Eating and weight disorders : EWD, Jg. 27 (2022-12-01), Heft 8, S. 3767-3771 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2013- : Heidelberg : Springer ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Milano, Italy : Editrice Kurtis, c1996-, 2022 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1590-1262 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s40519-022-01471-x |
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