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Weight Stigma & Discrimination
Publications
Rathbone, J. A., Smyth, L., Cruwys, T. (2024). A mixed-methods investigation of weight bias reduction in medical students. Fat Studies 13(3), 319-337. https://doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2024.2409584
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Hill, B., de la Piedad Garcia, X., Rathbone, J. A., Malik, Z., Holmes-Truscott, E., Lawrence, B. J., Kite, J., Cooper, K., Broady, T. R., & Dixon, J. (2024). Supporting healthcare professionals to reduce weight stigma. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53(9), 682-685. https://doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-07-23-6906
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West, M. L., Rathbone, J. A.*, Bilal, M., & Sharp, G. (2024). Discussing weight with patients in primary care: A mixed methods experimental study. Journal of General Internal Medicine,1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-09202-x
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Rathbone, J. A., Cruwys, T., Jetten, J., Banas, K., Smyth, L., & Murray, K. (2023). How conceptualizing obesity as a disease affects beliefs about weight, and associated weight stigma and clinical decision-making in health care. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28(2), 291-305. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12625
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Rathbone, J. A., Jetten, J., & Cruwys, T. (2022). Perceived legitimacy of weight-based discrimination: Consequences for group identity, collective action, body satisfaction, and self-esteem. Body Image, 41, 156-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.02.006
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Rathbone, J. A., Cruwys, T., & Jetten, J. (2022). Non-stigmatising alternatives to anti-obesity public health messages: Consequences for health behaviour and well-being. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(7), 1601-1614. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105321999705
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Rathbone, J. A., Cruwys, T., Jetten, J., & Barlow, F. K. (2023). When stigma is the norm: How weight and social norms influence the healthcare we receive. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 53(3), 185-201. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12689 [published online 2020]
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Major, B., Rathbone, J. A., Blodorn, A. B., & Hunger, J. M. (2020). The countervailing effects of weight stigma on weight-loss motivation and perceived capacity for weight control. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(9), 1331-1343. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220903184
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*co-first author
Webinars
I have presented my work at several webinars and conferences. Due to the pandemic, some of these had to be done virtually. The upside is that they were recorded and are available online for those who are interested :)
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Social Identity and Groups Network monthly seminar series:
Interested in how the perceived legitimacy of weight-based discrimination influences group identification and well-being among higher weight people?
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Click the links to watch these presentations.
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Find out more...
Have a read of this article I wrote for BPS The Psychologist about why we need to change our approach to public health promotion:
Rethinking the public health approach to obesity, The Psychologist
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Listen to me talking with 4ZZZ Brisbane radio Know Idea science show hosts about my research on alternative ways we can frame public health messages to minimise stigma and maximise effeciveness: