scholarly journals Weight Stigma Predicts Poorer Psychological Well‐Being Through Internalized Weight Bias and Maladaptive Coping Responses

Obesity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia E. Hayward ◽  
Lenny R. Vartanian ◽  
Rebecca T. Pinkus
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Weight Bias ◽  
Weight Stigma ◽  
Maladaptive Coping ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Internalized Weight Bias

Role of Coping Responses in the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Psychological Well-Being in a Sample of Spanish Educational Teacher Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 380-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josep Gustems-Carnicer ◽  
Caterina Calderon ◽  
Alberto Batalla-Flores ◽  
Francisco Esteban-Bara
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
General Level ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Teacher Education Students

Stress in teacher education students is a key issue, due to its physical and social impact and its relevance to students’ future as professionals. This study uses the Perceived Stress Scale, the Coping Responses Inventory—Adult Form, and the Psychological Well-Being Scale to analyze how coping strategies mediate the relationship between stress and well-being in a sample of Spanish teacher education students (n = 334). The results show that the students had a good general level of psychological well-being, although with little personal growth and autonomy. Their level of stress meant that they could offer active, engaged responses, although the coping strategies that were used tended to be avoidance type, which could lead to certain adaptive difficulties. Our results also indicate that coping has a partial mediating role. Finally, organizational actions are proposed for universities that could help to enhance students’ personal resources for dealing with stress.

scholarly journals Together Against COVID-19 Concerns: The Role of the Dyadic Coping Process for Partners’ Psychological Well-Being During the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Donato ◽  
Miriam Parise ◽  
Ariela Francesca Pagani ◽  
Margherita Lanz ◽  
Camillo Regalia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Coping Process ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Containment Measures ◽  
First Time ◽  
Couples Coping

The situation caused by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been representing a great source of concern and a challenge to the psychological well-being of many individuals around the world. For couples in particular, this extraordinary rise in concern, combined with the stress posed by the virus containment measures, such as prolonged cohabitation and lack of support networks, may have increased the likelihood of couple problems. At the same time, however, COVID-19 concerns may have been a stimulus to activate couples’ stress management processes. A couple’s resource, which may have an important role in dealing with COVID-19 concerns and stress, is dyadic coping, i.e., the process through which partners face stress together. Drawing on a sample of 1,823 Italian individuals involved in a couple relationship, the current study tested a serial mediation model in which concerns about COVID-19 predicted psychological well-being, through both explicit stress communication and perceived partner dyadic coping responses. In addition, the study explored whether this dyadic coping process functioned the same way in satisfied and dissatisfied couples. Results showed that concerns about the situation related to COVID-19 significantly threatened individuals’ psychological well-being. However, these concerns positively predicted explicit stress communication, which in turn positively predicted perceived partner’s dyadic coping responses, which finally positively predicted psychological well-being. In addition, in the group of dissatisfied individuals, the association between explicit stress communication and perceived partners’ dyadic coping responses was not significant. The present study adds to the research on couples’ coping by testing for the first time the whole theoretical model of dyadic coping and does so during a global emergency situation. The study also suggests key components of preventive interventions for individuals in couples.

A273 Internalized Weight Bias and Experienced Weight Stigma in a Medical Weight Loss Patient Sample

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. S105-S106
Author(s):  
Allison Verhaak ◽  
Devika Umashanker ◽  
Jennifer Ferrand ◽  
Rebecca Puhl ◽  
Darren Tishler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Weight Bias ◽  
Weight Stigma ◽  
Patient Sample ◽  
Medical Weight Loss ◽  
Internalized Weight Bias

scholarly journals The roles of experienced and internalized weight stigma in healthcare experiences: Perspectives of adults engaged in weight management across six countries

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0251566
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Puhl ◽  
Leah M. Lessard ◽  
Mary S. Himmelstein ◽  
Gary D. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
Weight Bias ◽  
Weight Stigma ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Healthcare Experiences ◽  
Internalized Weight Bias

Background/Objectives Considerable evidence from U.S. studies suggests that weight stigma is consequential for patient-provider interactions and healthcare for people with high body weight. Despite international calls for efforts to reduce weight stigma in the medical community, cross-country research is lacking in this field. This study provides the first multinational investigation of associations between weight stigma and healthcare experiences across six Western countries. Methods Participants were 13,996 adults residing in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK, and the US who were actively enrolled in an internationally available behavioral weight management program. Participants completed identical online surveys in the dominant language for their country that assessed experienced weight stigma, internalized weight bias, and healthcare behaviors and experiences including perceived quality of care, avoidance or delay of seeking care, experiences with providers, and perceived weight stigma from doctors. Results Among participants who reported a history of weight stigma (56–61%), two-thirds of participants in each country reported experiencing weight stigma from doctors. Across all six countries, after accounting for demographics, BMI, and experienced stigma, participants with higher internalized weight bias reported greater healthcare avoidance, increased perceived judgment from doctors due to body weight, lower frequency of obtaining routine checkups, less frequent listening and respect from providers, and lower quality of healthcare. Additionally, experienced weight stigma (from any source) was indirectly associated with poorer healthcare experiences through weight bias internalization, consistently across the six countries. Conclusions Weight stigma in healthcare is prevalent among adults actively engaged in weight management across different Western countries, and internalized weight bias has negative implications for healthcare even after controlling for BMI. The similar findings across all six countries underscore the negative consequences of weight stigma on healthcare behaviors and experiences, and emphasize the need for collective international efforts to address this problem.

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