The influence of social norms upon behavioral expressions of implicit and explicit weight-related stigma in an interactive game

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-201

  Pryora, John B ^a   Reeder, Glenn D ^a   Wesselmann, Eric D ^a   Williams, Kipling D ^b   Wirth, James H ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit attitudes; Ostracism; Social interaction; Weight related stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLICIT WEIGHTED RELATED ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT WEIGHTED RELATED ATTITUDE; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

IMPLICIT ATTITUDES; OSTRACISM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WEIGHT-RELATED STIGMA;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879068068     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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