The Effect of Work Discrimination on the Well-being of Obese People

• Autores: Alejandro Magallares Sanjuán, F. Francisco Morales, Miguel Angel Rubio del Castillo
• Localización: International journal of psychology and psychological therapy, ISSN 1577-7057, Vol. 11, Nº. 2, 2011, págs. 255-267
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen
  • español

    La obesidad representa un importante problema de salud que afecta a millones de persona en los países industrializados. Esta condición, además de los problemas médicos que produce, tiene una dimensión social muy importante pero que no ha recibido la misma atención que otros aspectos de esta epidemia. En este estudio, en el cual participaron 110 pacientes obesos de hospitales españoles, se analiza cómo la discriminación el trabajo afecta el bienestar de las personas obesas. Mediante un diseño experimental se demuestra que la discriminación está asociada de forma negativa con el bienestar. También se pone de manifiesto que la relación entre discriminación y bienestar está mediada por las habilidades laborales de las personas obesas. Finalmente, se discute el posible efecto de la amenaza del estereotipo para las personas obesas en el área del trabajo.

  • English

    Obesity, a serious health problem affecting millions of people in industrialized societies, has also a social dimension that has been mostly ignored by the medical and social sciences.

    In order to prove that discrimination in the workplace has a bearing on the well-being of obese people, an experimental study was designed in which 110 obese patients of a big Spanish hospital who were at the moment following a weight reduction treatment took part. As expected, a negative relation between discrimination and well-being was found and, in addition, this relationship was mediated by participants’ work skills. Stereotype threat effects for obese people in the workplace were also considered.

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