Dropping the weight stigma: Nostalgia improves attitudes toward persons who are overweight

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-137

  Turner, Rhiannon N ^a   Wildschut, Tim ^b   Sedikides, Constantine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common ingroup identity; Inclusion in the self; Intergroup anxiety; Nostalgia; Outgroup trust; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655172910     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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