Preferring thin people does not imply derogating fat people. A rasch analysis of the implicit weight attitude

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-265

  Anselmi, Pasquale ^a   Vianello, Michelangelo ^a   Robusto, Egidio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT WEIGHT ATTITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876239063     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20085     Document Type: Article

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