Designing a group therapy program for coping with childhood weight bias

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-147

  Panzer, Barry M ^a   Dhuper, Sarita ^a  

^a BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood weight bias; group therapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84900385349     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/swu003     Document Type: Article

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