"Now my 'old self' is thin": Stigma exits after weight loss

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-52

  Granberg, Ellen M ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

identity; identity theory; self change; stigma; stigma exit; weight; weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953660599     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272511398020     Document Type: Article

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