The affective and interpersonal consequences of obesity

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-84

  Levine, Emma E ^a   Schweitzer, Maurice E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal affect; Obesity; Social cognition; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923217564     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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