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The Multifaceted Nature of Weight-Related Self-Stigma: Validation of the Two-Factor Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS-2F)

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
BackgroundInternalized weight stigma (IWS) is generally operationalized as self-devaluation due to weight in higher-weight individuals. The most commonly used measure of IWS, the Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS), was developed from an original ...
Angela Meadows, Suzanne Higgs
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Psychometric properties of the Arabic versions of the Three-Item Short Form of the modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS-3) and the Muscularity Bias Internalization Scale (MBIS)

Journal of Eating Disorders, 2023
Background There is a lack of psychometrically sound measures to assess internalized weight and muscularity biases among Arabic-speaking people. To fill this gap, we sought to investigate the psychometric properties of Arabic translations of the Three ...
Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Jinbo He, Diana Malaeb, Mariam Dabbous, Rabih Hallit, Sahar Obeid, Souheil Hallit   +6 more
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Internalized weight bias: ratings of the self, normal weight, and obese individuals and psychological maladjustment. [PDF]

J Behav Med, 2013
Current measures of internalized weight bias assess factors such as responsibility for weight status, mistreatment because of weight, etc. A potential complementary approach for assessing internalized weight bias is to examine the correspondence between individuals' ratings of obese people, normal weight people, and themselves on personality traits ...
Carels RA, Burmeister J, Oehlhof MW, Hinman N, LeRoy M, Bannon E, Koball A, Ashrafloun L.   +7 more
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Determination of distress, emotional eating and internalized weight bias levels of Turkish pregnant women

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2023
This study was conducted to determine the stress, emotional eating and weight bias levels of Turkish pregnant women. The study sample was composed of 210 pregnant women, who met the research inclusion criteria and admitted to the obstetrics and ...
Gülay Çelik, Emine Yılmaz, Feyza Nazik, Hacer Unver   +3 more
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Weight bias internalization and beliefs about the causes of obesity among the Canadian public

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Explicit weight bias is known as negative attitudes and beliefs toward individuals due to their weight status and can be perpetuated through misconceptions about the causes of obesity.
Vida Forouhar, Iyoma Y. Edache, Ximena Ramos Salas, Angela S. Alberga   +3 more
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The Weight Bias Internalization Scale for Youth: Validation of a Specific Tool for Assessing Internalized Weight Bias Among Treatment-Seeking German Adolescents With Overweight [PDF]

Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2017
The study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a partly adapted, German version of the Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS-Y) in a sample of treatment-seeking adolescents with overweight.A survey (N = 191), including measures of weight bias internalization (WBI), self-esteem, self-efficacy, health-related quality of life, and body-related
Cristina, Ciupitu-Plath, Susanna, Wiegand, Birgit, Babitsch   +2 more
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Current trends and future directions in internalized weight stigma research: a scoping review and synthesis of the literature

Journal of Eating Disorders
Background Since the first papers focused on internalized weight stigma were published in the mid 2000’s, the literature has grown into a robust field that complements existing knowledge on weight stigma.
Sarah Nutter, Jessica F. Saunders, Rachel Waugh   +2 more
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Testing the validity of the Norwegian translation of the modified weight bias internalization scale

Journal of Eating Disorders
Background Individuals with higher weight (overweight or obesity) may experience social stigma due to their weight. Weight stigma can be internalized with adverse health effects.
Tiffany Lussier, Jon Harald Quindao Tangen, Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes, Håvard R. Karlsen, Kjersti Hognes Berg, Charlotte Fiskum   +5 more
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Dismantling weight stigma in eating disorder treatment: Next steps for the field

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
The authors posit current guidelines and treatment for eating disorders (EDs) fail to adequately address, and often perpetuate, weight stigma. The social devaluation and denigration of higher-weight individuals cuts across nearly every life domain and is
Mindy L. McEntee, Samantha R. Philip, Sean M. Phelan   +2 more
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Agreement with weight-neutral compared to weight-centric physical activity messages and relationships to sedentary behavior, physical activity, and internalized weight bias in people living in larger bodies

Health Literacy and Communication Open
Background Many anti-obesity health promotion campaigns focus on physical activity as a means to lose weight. Organizations have created positive images of people living with obesity being physically active with the intention of normalizing people in ...
Tanya R. Berry, Maxine M. Myre
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