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Weight stigmatization experiences and psychological adjustment
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Weight stigmatization experiences and psychological adjustment
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the role of dysfunctional cognitions
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ETD_2771
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10002600001.ETD.000056034
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eng
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theses
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Psychology
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Discrimination against overweight persons
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Eating disorders
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Attitude (Psychology)
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Weight-based stigmatization experiences include negative social consequences that overweight and obese individuals endure. Although there is evidence that weight-based stigmatization places one at risk for developing internalizing symptoms and disordered eating symptoms, further research is needed to establish causality and determine what underlying processes are involved in these pathways. This dissertation research investigates the hypothesis that dysfunctional cognitions mediate the relation between weight-based stigmatization experiences and undergraduates’ psychopathology and weight-biased behavior. Results indicate that weight-based stigmatization experienced through exposure to weight-biased media is associated with dysfunctional eating-related cognitions and that exposure to weight-biased media is associated with weight-biased behavior. Evidence did not support the hypothesis that dysfunctional eating-related cognitions would account for the relation between weight stigmatization experiences and disordered eating symptoms. Instead, weight-related stereotypes emerged as a moderator of this relation. This research has implications for prevention of disordered eating and weight-biased behavior and interventions with individuals who suffer weight-based stigmatization.
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viii, 132 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Sarah Savoy
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Sarah
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Van de Walle
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Gretchen
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Paul
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Siegel
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Harold
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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2010
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2010-10
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD doctoral
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Open
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Permission or license
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Savoy
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Sarah
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2010-07-01 11:12:49
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2010-10-31
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after May 2nd, 2011.
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