Body image and explicit and implicit anti-fat attitudes: The mediating role of physical appearance comparisons

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-256

  O'Brien, Kerry S ^a   Hunter, John A ^b   Halberstadt, Jamin ^b   Anderson, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti fat attitudes; Body image; Physical appearance comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 34547658168     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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