"Thinspiration" vs. "fear of fat". Using prototypes to predict frequent weight-loss dieting in females

Appetite

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 217-221

  Dalley, Simon E ^a   Buunk, Abraham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Over fat identity; Prototype; Prototype favourability; Self prototype similarity; Thin identity; Weight loss dieting status

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESTHETICS; FEAR; FEAR OF FAT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OVER FAT PROTOTYPE; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; THINSPIRATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; ESTHETICS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; THINNESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 56449117740     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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