The psychological weight of weight stigma

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 651-658

  Major, Brenda ^a   Eliezer, Dina ^a   Rieck, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

identity threat; obesity; prejudice; self regulation; stigma; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867726079     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611434400     Document Type: Article

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