Implicit and explicit prejudice toward overweight and average-weight men and women: Testing their correspondence and relation to behavioral intentions

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-706

  Brochu, Paula M ^a   Morrison, Melanie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Implicit association tests; Prejudice; Stereotypes; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 40049086205     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.147.6.681-706     Document Type: Article

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