Implicit, explicit, and internalized weight bias and psychosocial maladjustment among treatment-seeking adults

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-185

  Carels, R A ^a   Wott, C B ^a   Young, K M ^a   Gumble, A ^a   Koball, A ^a   Oehlhof, M W ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Body image; Depression; Obesity; Weight bias; Weight loss; Weight loss treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77952467754     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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