RT Journal Article
T1 Anti-fat bias in secondary school teachers: Are physical education teachers more biased than mathematics teachers?
A1 Carmona Márquez, José
A1 Sierra Robles, Ángela
A1 Sánchez García, Manuel
A1 García Rodríguez, María Pilar
A1 Muñoz Silva, Alicia
A1 Arbinaga, Félix
A1 Tornero Quiñones, Inmaculada
AB t has been suggested that physical education (PE) teachers hold strong anti-fat attitudes and thatthese can have an impact on the health of their students. In this study, we compare the attitudesand stereotypes towards obesity of PE teachers with those of their colleagues who teachmathematics. In addition, we evaluated the association between the teachers’ anti-fat biases andthe level of physical activity (PA) of their students. The sample consisted of 81 PE teachers and 75mathematics teachers. The adolescent sample consisted of 1792 secondary school students. Theassessment of attitudes and stereotypes was conducted with the Implicit Association Test and theAnti-Fat Attitudes questionnaire. The PA level of the adolescents was determined by a self-administered instrument. PE and mathematics teachers showed similar biases, except for theautomatic obesity–laziness association, which was stronger for PE teachers than for mathematicsteachers. These distinctive implicit stereotypes of PE teachers were also significant predictors ofthe lack of PA in adolescents. We recommend the use of interventions aimed at reducing non-traditional forms of prejudice in teachers.
PB SAGE Publications
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18757
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18757
LA eng
NO Carmona-Márquez, J., Sierra-Robles, Á., Sánchez-García, M., García-Rodríguez, P., Muñoz-Silva, A., Arbinaga, F., & Tornero-Quiñones, I. (2021). Anti-fat bias in secondary school teachers: Are physical education teachers more biased than mathematics teachers? European Physical Education Review, 1-17. DOI:10.1177/1356336x20932187
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026