Attitudes toward overweight individuals among fitness center employees: An examination of contextual effects

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 641-647

  Dimmock, James A ^a   Hallett, Bree E ^a   Grove, J Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Context; Explicit; Implicit; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS CENTERS; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70350180116     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599603     Document Type: Article

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