Coping responses as mediators in the relationship between perceived weight stigma and depression

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Koball, Afton M ^a   Carels, R A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Coping; Depression; Obesity; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEIVED WEIGHT STIGMA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79960193290     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03327516     Document Type: Article

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