Thin idealization as a mediator between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity.
The goal of this paper was to investigate firstly the relationship between negative attitudes toward obesity and the stigmatization of obese others. Relations among appearance conversations with friends, thin idealization and negative attitudes towards obesity were also examined in 481 Singaporean s...
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| author | Yim, Chee Weng. |
| author2 | Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca |
| author_facet | Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca Yim, Chee Weng. |
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| description | The goal of this paper was to investigate firstly the relationship between negative attitudes toward obesity and the stigmatization of obese others. Relations among appearance conversations with friends, thin idealization and negative attitudes towards obesity were also examined in 481 Singaporean students aged 10-17 years from two primary schools and one secondary school. Using Baron and Kenny’s (1986) recommendations for mediator testing, thin idealization was found to fully mediate the relationship between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity. The practical implications of the findings in the present study for intervention work were also discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/396752019-12-10T14:27:02Z Thin idealization as a mediator between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity. Yim, Chee Weng. Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology The goal of this paper was to investigate firstly the relationship between negative attitudes toward obesity and the stigmatization of obese others. Relations among appearance conversations with friends, thin idealization and negative attitudes towards obesity were also examined in 481 Singaporean students aged 10-17 years from two primary schools and one secondary school. Using Baron and Kenny’s (1986) recommendations for mediator testing, thin idealization was found to fully mediate the relationship between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity. The practical implications of the findings in the present study for intervention work were also discussed. Bachelor of Arts 2010-06-02T08:24:12Z 2010-06-02T08:24:12Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39675 en Nanyang Technological University 42 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology Yim, Chee Weng. Thin idealization as a mediator between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity. |
| title | Thin idealization as a mediator between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity. |
| title_full | Thin idealization as a mediator between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity. |
| title_fullStr | Thin idealization as a mediator between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thin idealization as a mediator between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity. |
| title_short | Thin idealization as a mediator between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity. |
| title_sort | thin idealization as a mediator between appearance conversations with friends and negative attitudes towards obesity |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39675 |
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