Stigma activation through dis-identification: cognitive bias triggered by mass media photos of people with obesity
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DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2019.1682181
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study investigated how the prevalent visual depiction of obesity in the media promotes stigmatization of obese individuals. Particularly, this study proposed and tested the two sequential mechanisms which were not explicated in the… read more here.
Keywords: activation dis; dis identification; disease avoidance; obese individuals ... See more keywords