Examining perceived stereotype threat among overweight/obese adults using a multi-threat framework

Obesity Facts

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 258-268

  Carels, Robert A ^a   Domoff, Sarah E ^a   Burmeister, Jacob M ^a   Koball, Afton M ^a   Hinman, Nova G ^a   Davis, Alan K ^a   Wagner Oehlhof, Marissa ^a   Leroy, Michelle ^a   Bannon, Erin ^a   Hoffmann, Debra A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group identity; Obesity; Stereotype threat; Stigma consciousness; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; THREAT; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRANDALL ANTI FAT ATTITUDES QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERNET; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880085841     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000352029     Document Type: Article

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