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Dropping the weight bias
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Dropping the weight bias
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evaluating weight bias reduction strategies for late adolescents
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Dunaev
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Jamie Lynn
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1985-
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Jamie Lynn Dunaev
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Charlotte
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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Bias against higher body-weight individuals is a significant social problem. It is pervasive and associated with numerous negative psychological, social, physical, and behavioral consequences for those who experience it (see Puhl & Suh, 2015; Puhl et al., 2015). The internalization of negative weight attitudes (i.e., self-directed stigma) is also associated with increased psychological distress (e.g., anxiety, depression) and disordered eating (O’Brien et al., 2016). Given the aforementioned negative consequences, reduction of these negative attitudes is warranted. The current dissertation tested the effectiveness of three different theory-based weight bias reduction strategies: exposure to counter-stereotypic higher body-weight media models (study one), counter-stereotypic focused mental imagery (study two), and indirectly through a body gratitude exercise (study three). Results for study one indicated that participants in the counter-stereotypic video condition did not report significantly lower implicit or explicit weight bias when compared to participants in the neutral video condition. Results for study two indicated that participants in the counter-stereotypic mental imagery condition reported significantly lower negative weight attitudes when compared with participants in the stereotypic and neutral mental imagery conditions. Results for study three indicated that participants in the body gratitude condition reported significantly higher body and appearance satisfaction and significantly lower internalized weight bias when compared to the neutral condition. However, no significant differences were found between the groups for reported levels of weight bias. Implications and future research directions for each of these studies are discussed.
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Childhood Studies
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Body image in adolescence
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Self-esteem in adolescence
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1 online resource (xiii, 152 p. : ill.)
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by Jamie Lynn Dunaev
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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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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after May 31st, 2018.
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