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Crandall, Christian S.; Martinez, Rebecca – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1996
Tests the role of blame and ideology in antifat prejudice by comparing attitudes among college students (N=406) in the United States and Mexico. Mexican students were significantly less concerned about their own weight and more accepting of fat people than United States students. Prejudice toward fat people in the United States appears to have a…
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