Weight stigma mediates the association between BMI and self-reported health

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-175

  Hunger, Jeffrey M ^a   Major, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Discrimination; Physical health; Psychological health; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACISM; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF REPORT; STIGMA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT STIGMA; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84925813296     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000106     Document Type: Article

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