Attributions about Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia

Chiodo, June; Stanley, Melinda A.; Harvey, John H.

doi:10.1521/jscp.1984.2.3.280

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“…Gowers and Shore 17 have also argued that the public tends to perceive AN as motivated, in part, by narcissism. Similarly, Chiodo et al 7 found that individuals believed a desire for attention was one of the causal factors for AN.…”

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confidence: 92%

A comparison of stigma toward eating disorders versus depression

Roehrig¹,

McLean²

2009

Intl J Eating Disorders

134

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A comparison of stigma toward eating disorders versus depression

Roehrig¹,

McLean²

2009

Intl J Eating Disorders

134

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“…Although eating disorders are classified as a type of mental illness, they do not have the broadly devaluing stereotypes associated with mental illness more generally. Our review of the literature found few stereotypes associated with eating disorders beyond the belief that they are primarily the domain of women overly concerned with their appearance (Chiodo, Stanley, & Harvey, 1984). We also modified the procedure of the experiment such that we embedded the key stigma identity questions within a number of other personal questions to mute the potentially threatening effect of being asked about a stigmatized identity in a testing context.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Discreditable: Stigma Effects of Revealing a Mental Illness History on Test Performance

Quinn¹,

Kahng

Crocker

2004

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

102

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In three studies, the authors examined the effect of revealing a concealable social stigma--mental illness--on intellectual performance. It was hypothesized that revealing this deeply discrediting stigma would result in performance decrements. College students either with or without a history of mental illness (MI) treatment participated. In Study 1, the type of mental illness was left unselected. In Study 2, only participants who reported a history of depression participated. In Study 3, a comparison group of participants with a history of eating disorder were included. Results showed that the MI participants who revealed their history did worse on the reasoning test than did those in the no reveal condition. There was a trend in the opposite direction for participants with no MI. As predicted, revealing a narrower stigma, eating disorder, did not affect performance. The results are discussed in terms of identity threat and concealable stigmas.

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“…Despite the scarcity of research in the area, preliminary evidence suggests that stigmatization of individuals with AN does exist [14,15]. These stigmatizing attitudes have been found to be prevalent among the general public [16], medical and nursing staff [17], and university students [18].…”

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confidence: 99%

Stigmatizing attitudes towards individuals with anorexia nervosa: an investigation of attribution theory

Zwickert

Rieger

2013

J Eat Disord

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BackgroundGuided 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.ResultsParticipants 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.ConclusionThe 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.

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Attributions about Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

A comparison of stigma toward eating disorders versus depression

A comparison of stigma toward eating disorders versus depression

Discreditable: Stigma Effects of Revealing a Mental Illness History on Test Performance

Stigmatizing attitudes towards individuals with anorexia nervosa: an investigation of attribution theory

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