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Weight and social comparison: Does the weight of a stranger affect a person’s perception of their own weight?

Research suggests that social context affects individuals’ perception of their own weight. Using face-to-face interviews as the social context, we analyze the effect of interviewers’ (N = 90) body mass index on respondents’ (N = 3068) self-perceived weight level. Respondents reported a higher weight...

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Autores principales: Christensen, Vibeke Tornhøj, Jæger, Mads Meier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6304710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30622726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102918819260