The influence of plaintiff's body weight on judgments of responsibility: The role of weight bias

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages e599-e607

  White, Darrell E ^a   Wott, Carissa B ^a   Carels, Robert A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti fat attitudes; Courtroom discrimination; Juror discrimination in the courtroom; Perceptions of responsibility; Weight bias

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT; VIGNETTE; ADOLESCENT; JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; JUDICIAL ROLE; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920197428     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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