Applying the contact hypothesis to anti-fat attitudes: Contact with overweight people is related to how we interact with our bodies and those of others

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-44

  Alperin, Anandi ^a   Hornsey, Matthew J ^a   Hayward, Lydia E ^a   Diedrichs, Phillippa C ^b   Barlow, Fiona Kate ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti fat attitudes; Discrimination; Obesity; Prejudice; Stigma; United States; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREJUDICE; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911449361     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.051     Document Type: Article

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