Implicit Attitudes Toward Body Shape Among Blind Women

NCT05144906 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 493-20
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 64
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

High levels of body image concerns and disordered eating in western women have been associated with the promotion of an unrealistically thin body ideal. The pressure to conform with the thin-ideal forms both explicit and implicit attitudes favoring thinness. Visual-based media depicting thin-idealized bodies plays a major role in forming such attitudes. However, attitudes favoring thinness can also be transmitted through non-visual communication such as peer pressure and significant others. The current study will examine if implicit attitudes favoring thinness and disliking overweight bodies can be formed without ever being exposed to visual-based media or being visually exposed to body shapes. To achieve this goal, the study will assess implicit attitudes towards thin and overweight bodies in congenitally blind women and those who were blinded early in life. The assessment will be carried out using a novel auditory weight-bias implicit association test.

Conditions

Blindness; Implicit Bias

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Implicit Association Test

  IAT D-Score calculated for assessing an implicit weight bias. The IAT D score will be computed using the improved algorithm suggested by Greenwald et al. (2003). According to this algorithm, RTs longer than 10,000 ms will be deleted. Participants with more than 10% of the trials that are shorted than 300 ms will be excluded from the analysis. Mean RTs for correct trials will be computed for each block separately. Error trials will be replaced by the mean score of each block + 600 ms. Then, the difference in RTs between the practice stereotype incongruent and practice congruent conditions will be divided by their pooled SD. Then, the different in RTs between the test stereotype congruent and incongruent blocks will be divided by their pooled RTs. Lastly, the two scores form the practice and test blocks will be averaged to compute the IAT D score.

  One assessment at baseline after study information and informed consent was given

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4R)

  up to 72 hours after completion of the baseline assessment

• Ideal Body Stereotype Scale-Revised (IBSS-R)

  up to 72 hours after completion of the baseline assessment

• Body Parts Dissatisfaction Scale (BPDS)

  up to 72 hours after completion of the baseline assessment

• Body mass index (BMI)

  up to 72 hours after completion of the baseline assessment

Study Arms (2)

Blind women

The blind women group will include women who are congenitally blind or that were blinded early in life (up to the age of 7).

Sighted women

Women with normal or corrected-to-normal eye sight.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The blind women group will only include women who were blinded earlier than the age of 7 and cannot see themselves in the mirror not recognize other people's faces or bodies or use visual-based media. The sighted women group will include women with normal or corrected-to-normal vision.

You may qualify if:

• Aged 18-45 years.
• Congenitally blind or blinded no later than the age of 7.
• Inability to see themselves in the mirror.
• Inability to recognize other people's faces or bodies.
• Inability to use visual-based media.
• Fluent English speakers.

You may not qualify if:

• Any condition that prevents the ability to use a computer.
• Sighted women
• Aged 18-45 years old.
• Corrected or corrected-to-normal vision.
• Fluent English speakers.
• Any condition that prevents the ability to use a computer.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Haifa: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Haifa

Haifa, Central District, 3600100, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Blindness; Bias, Implicit

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vision Disorders; Sensation Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Eye Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Prejudice; Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Noam Weinbach, PhD

  University of Haifa

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 17, 2021
• First Posted: December 3, 2021
• Study Start: December 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2022
• Study Completion: June 15, 2022
• Last Updated: July 6, 2022

Record last verified: 2021-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
• Time Frame: Upon submission of a manuscript for publication
• Access Criteria: Open access

Locations

IL (1)