1. Effects of Biggest Loser exercise depictions on exercise-related attitudes.
- Author
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Berry TR, McLeod NC, Pankratow M, and Walker J
- Subjects
- Adult, Affect, Case-Control Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Motor Activity, Attitude to Health, Exercise psychology, Health Behavior, Television
- Abstract
Objectives: To examine whether participants who watched an exercise-related segment of The Biggest Loser television program would have different explicit and implicit affective exercise-related attitudes than those of control participants., Methods: University students (N=138) watched a clip of The Biggest Loser or American Idol, then completed a Go/No-go Association Task, a thought-listing task, and questionnaires measuring explicit attitudes, activity level, and mood., Results: Participants who watched The Biggest Loser had significantly lower explicit, but not implicit, attitudes towards exercise than did control participants., Conclusions: There is a need to examine the influence of popular media depictions of exercise.
- Published
- 2013
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