ABSTRACT

The goals of the present study were to assess (1) adults’ patterns of beliefs about and attitudes toward children, adolescents, and adults who are obese and (2) their attitudes toward hypothetical tax-funded programs designed to combat obesity in children, adolescents, and adults. A total of 267 participants, ranging in age from 19 to 88 years old, were recruited through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) to participate online in the present study. The participants rated adults who are obese less favorably, and as less malleable, than children or adolescents who are obese. Furthermore, they were less supportive of tax-funded programs designed to combat obesity in adults than children or adolescents. In general, the participants’ relatively unfavorable response to adults who are obese appears to be associated with the beliefs that older individuals who are obese are relatively unchangeable and have heightened personal fault for their plight.

摘要

本研究的目标是评估 (1) 成年人对肥胖儿童、青少年和成人的信念和态度模式，以及 (2) 他们对旨在对抗儿童、青少年肥胖的假设性税收资助计划的态度，和大人。共有 267 名参与者，年龄从 19 岁到 88 岁不等，通过亚马逊的 Mechanical Turk (MTurk) 招募在线参与本研究。与肥胖的儿童或青少年相比，参与者对肥胖的成年人的评价较差，可塑性较差。此外，与儿童或青少年相比，他们对旨在对抗成人肥胖症的税收资助计划的支持程度较低。一般来说，