Just world beliefs, causal beliefs, and acquaintance: Associations with stigma toward eating disorders and obesity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 618-622

  Ebneter, Daria S ^a   Latner, Janet D ^a   O'Brien, Kerry S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal beliefs; Eating disorders; Just world beliefs; Obesity; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960415683     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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