Modifications Of Negative Attitudes Toward Obesity In Pre-professionals Of Exercise Sciences.: 2541 Board# 61 June 2 11: 00 AM-12: 30 PM

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PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of short intervention programs for changing negative attitudes towards obesity through strategies of dynamics intergroup contact in pre-professionals of exercise sciences and determine the most effective strategy. METHODS: A total of 56 students of exercise sciences (23.95±4.70-years; 75% male) from Ecuadorian universities participated in this study. The sample was randomly divided into a control group (CG: without intervention, n= 14) and three experimental groups with different dynamics intergroup contact interventions (DC: Direct-Contact, n= 14, IC: Imagined Contact, n= 13 and CTP: Contact to Take-Perspectives, n= 15). Participants were assessed before and after interventions through the AFA (Antifact Attitudes Questionnaire) for explicit attitudes toward obesity in three dimensions (aversion, fear of gaining weight and unwillingness), and the IAT (Implicit Association …

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2017

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