Weight and compliance: male-female differences.
This investigation examined the willingness of male and female Ss of varying weights (n = 120) to comply with requests for a favor from normal or overweight male and female confederates (n = 4). Results showed both male and female Ss to be less compliant to requests from an overweight than a normal-weight confederate. Overweight Ss were more compliant to normal-weight opposite-sex confederates than to overweight opposite-sex confederates.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors