Experiences of weight stigmatization: A review of self-report assessment measures

Obesity Facts

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 897-918

  Depierre, Jenny A ^a   Puhl, Rebecca M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Obesity; Review; Victimization; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; COMPREHENSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JUVENILE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; OBESITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CRITICISM; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EATING; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FACE VALIDITY; FAMILY TEASING AND CRITICISM; HEALTH CARE QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH INSURANCE; IMPACT OF WEIGHT ON QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; LIKERT SCALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTIONS OF APPEARANCE RELATED TEASING SCALE; PERCEPTIONS OF TEASING SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STEREOTYPY; STIGMATIZING SITUATIONS INVENTORY; WEIGHT STIGMATIZATION;

BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; SELF REPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84871908111     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346259     Document Type: Review

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