Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2005
Keywords
Obesity, stigma, selfconcept, self-complexity, compartmentalization
Abstract
The relationship between obesity and structural aspects of the self-concept was examined in adult women. Participants were 119 adult women [age range: 18-73, M=26.9; body mass index (BMI) range: 16.2-54.7, M=27.3] who completed measures of self-esteem, self-complexity, and the spontaneous self-concept. BMI was associated with less complex and more compartmentalized self-knowledge and more frequent mention of weight-stereotypic traits as self-descriptive. The findings are discussed in the context of research on obesity- related stigma.
Publication Information
Blaine, Bruce E. and Johnson, C. E. (2005). "Obesity, Self-Complexity, and Compartmentalization: On the Implications of Obesity for Self-Concept Organization." Eating and Weight Disorders 10, e88-e92.
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