This article describes the development and validation of a new measure, the Attitudes about Sadomasochism Scale (ASMS). Exploratory factor analysis with 213 participants yielded four subscales (Socially Wrong, Violence, Lack of...
For more information on the published version, visit ScienceDirect's Website., Helweg-Larsen, Marie, Mette Kjøller, and Henrik Thoning. "Do Age and Social Relations Moderate the Relationship Between Self-Rated Health and...
That we obsess about fat is evident. We have only to note our $60.5 billion weight loss industry in the United States, the 179,000 weight loss surgeries performed every year, or the annual BMI (Body Mass Index) report cards...
For more information on the published version, visit New York University Press's Website. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture has been published in Italian as Fat Shame: Lo stigma del corpo grosso. For more...
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Although obesity stigmatization contributes to significant health, economic, and quality-of-life challenges for U.S. adults, the prevalence and nature of stigmatizing attitudes requires an update and...
Research on body image has focused almost exclusively on heterosexual women and lesbians, leaving bisexual women's experiences largely ignored. The present study sought to gain an understanding of psychosocial factors...
Helweg-Larsen, Marie, and Barbara L. LoMonaco. Queuing Among U2 Fans: Reactions to Social Norm Violations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 38, no. 9 (2008): 2378-2393....
Helweg-Larsen, Marie, Mihir Pyakuryal, and Charlotta Pisinger. Reminders of a Stigmatized Status Might Help Smokers Quit. Stigma and Health 5, no. 3 (2020): 273-283....
People are stigmatized and socially rejected for a range of deviant appearances and behaviors. This includes the social rejection of people who are depressed or have a pessimistic outlook on life. We examined whether being...
Gender studies show that women and men communicate using different styles, but may use either gender style if there are situational status differences. Considering the universal gesture of head nodding as a submissive form of...
