Weight stigma "gets under the skin" - Evidence for an adapted psychological mediation framework - A systematic review

Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 266-276

  Sikorski, Claudia ^a,b,c   Luppa, Melanie ^a   Luck, Tobias ^a   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGOTIATING; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922745408     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20952     Document Type: Review

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