title: A daily diary assessment of female weight stigmatization.
abstract: Research focused on assessing weight stigmatization has typically been conducted using cross-sectional, retrospective designs. Such designs may impair the scientific understanding of this stigma by limiting participants' recall of frequencies and/or details about stigmatizing events. To address this, 50 overweight/obese women were recruited from public weight forums to complete week-long daily diaries. A total of 1077 weight-stigmatizing events were reported on the Stigmatizing Situations Inventory. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to investigate potential relationships between participant-level factors and reported stigmatization. Results indicate that body mass index, education, age, daily activities, and interpersonal interactions all may impact individuals' levels of stigmatization.
authors.affiliation: Western New England University, USA jason.seacat@wne.edu.
authors.forename: Jason D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Seacat
authors.affiliation: Western New England University, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Dougal
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Dooti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D057545:Social Stigma; D014956:Writing
keywords: daily diary; health behavior; obesity; stigma; weight