Individual differences and weight bias: Do people with an anti-fat bias have a pro-thin bias?

Body Image

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-148

  Carels, Robert A ^a   Musher Eizenman, Dara R ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti fat bias; Individual differences; Perceptual reliance; Pro thin bias; Weight controllability; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649339668     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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