Disgust sensitivity, obesity stigma, and gender: Contamination psychology predicts weight bias for women, not men

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1803-1814

  Lieberman, Debra L ^a   Tybur, Josh M ^b   Latner, Janet D ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865645621     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.247     Document Type: Article

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