Assessing bias against overweight individuals among nursing and psychology students: An implicit association test

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 23-24, 2012, Pages 3504-3512

  Waller, Tabitha ^a   Lampman, Claudia ^a   Lupfer Johnson, Gwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit association test; Nursing students; Obesity; Stigma; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSING; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALASKA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS;

EID: 84869035686     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04226.x     Document Type: Article

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