Fear of Being Laughed at in Children and Adolescents: Exploring the Importance of Overweight, Underweight, and Teasing

Fear of Being Laughed at in Children and Adolescents: Exploring the Importance of Overweight, Underweight, and Teasing

Weight bias toward obese youths is often accompanied by the experience of psychological stress in those affected. Therefore, the fear of being laughed at (i.e., gelotophobia) in overweight children and adolescents can be rather serious. In four explorative studies, the importance of relative weight,...

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Main Authors: Carl-Walter Kohlmann, Heike Eschenbeck, Uwe Heim-Dreger, Michael Hock, Tracey Platt, Willibald Ruch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
gelotophobia
teasing
victimization
overweight
underweight
body image
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01447/full

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