The phenomenology of weight stigma in everyday life

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 196-202

  Vartanian, Lenny R ^a   Pinkus, Rebecca T ^b   Smyth, Joshua M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Ecological momentary assessment; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907373553     PISSN: 22121447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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