Worth the Weight: The Objectification of Overweight Versus Thin Targets

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 462-468

  Holland, Elise ^a   Haslam, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

body image; clothing; impression formation; morality; objectification; physical appearance; social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887583026     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684312474800     Document Type: Article

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