Internalized weight stigma and its ideological correlates among weight loss treatment seeking adults

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages

  Carels, Robert A ^a   Young, K M ^a   Wott, C B ^a   Harper, J ^a   Gumble, A ^a   Hobbs, M Wagner ^a   Clayton, A M ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Just world beliefs; Obesity; Protestant work ethic; Weight controllability; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RELIGION; STIGMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; PROTESTANTISM; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77449155290     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327805     Document Type: Article

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