A brief induction of loving kindness meditation to reduce anti-fat bias.
PLoS One 2024 Kristen M Lee, Bita Ghanei, A Janet Tomiyama 1 citation
Weight stigma is highly prevalent. However, existing weight stigma interventions are only modestly effective at reducing anti-fat attitudes. The current research proposes a novel approach using a loving kindness meditation (LKM). Experiment 1 tests whether random assignment to the LKM intervention reduces explicit and implicit anti-fat bias and increases empathy based on the LKM recipient with...