Weight-gain misperceptions and the third-person effect in Black and White college-bound females: Potential implications for healthy weight management

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-248

  Webb, Jennifer B ^a   Butler Ajibade, Phoebe ^b   Robinson, Seronda A ^c   Lee, Shanique J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI status; College bound females; First year weight related concerns and expectations; Race ethnicity; Social norm theory; Third person effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; ETHNICITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THIRD PERSON EFFECT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BMI STATUS; COLLEGE-BOUND FEMALES; FIRST-YEAR WEIGHT-RELATED CONCERNS AND EXPECTATIONS; RACE/ETHNICITY; SOCIAL NORM THEORY; THIRD-PERSON EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876347088     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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