The self-protective nature of implicit identity and its relationship to weight bias and short-term weight loss

Obesity Facts

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-283

  Carels, Robert A ^a   Hinman, Nova ^a   Koball, Afton ^a   Wagner Oehlhof, Marissa ^a   Gumble, Amanda ^a   Young, Kathleen M ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit attitudes; Implicit identity; Weight bias; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80052993698     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330809     Document Type: Article

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