Weight-based rejection sensitivity: Scale development and implications for well-being

Body Image

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-92

  McClure Brenchley, Kimberly J ^a   Quinn, Diane M ^b  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Rejection sensitivity; Weight stigma; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STEREOTYPING; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ENGLAND; OVERWEIGHT; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84959305521     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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