Rebecca M Puhl

Dados Biográficos

ID270698
NOMERebecca M Puhl
PRENOMESRebecca M
SOBRENOMEPuhl
ASSINATURAPUHL R M
AFILIAÇÕESYale University
ORCID0000-0003-2340-2486
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS45
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES394
TOTAL COMO AUTOR45
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2001
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H7

  • The Effect of Parent-Targeted Obesity Messaging on Parental Weight Talk Intention

    Ellen V Pudney, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2025

    It is unknown if parent-targeted health messages about childhood obesity affect parental weight communication with children (e.g., encouraging a child to diet). This randomized, controlled, online experiment assessed the effects of exposure to different message frames on parental intentions to 1) engage in weight communication with their child and, 2) follow the health advice in the message. A diverse sample of U.S. parents (N = 452) were randoml…

  • Support from school personnel and in-school resources jointly moderate the association between identity-based harassment and depressive symptoms among sexual and gender diverse youth

    Open AccessPeter S McCauley, Lisa A Eaton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Educational Psychology2025

    1.34). Multigroup path analysis revealed that for SGDY in middle school (i.e., 6-8) and high school grade levels (i.e., 9-12), school personnel support and LGBTQ in-school resources jointly moderated the association between identity-based harassment and depressive symptoms. Among SGDY who reported high levels of harassment, support from school personnel buffered the association between identity-based harassment and depressive symptoms. However, a…

  • An Examination of Parental Weight Stigma and Weight Talk Among Socioeconomically and Racially/Ethnically Diverse Parents

    Open AccessEllen V Pudney, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2023

    Parental communication about body weight can influence children's emotional well-being and eating behaviors. However, little is known about the role of parental self-stigma concerning weight and social position variables (ie, race/ethnicity, income, and gender) in weight communication. This study examined how parents' self-stigmatization for their own weight (ie, weight bias internalization) and self-stigmatization for their child's weight (ie, a…

  • Fat Phobia Among Youth Sport Coaches

    Open AccessEmily L Winter, Aarti P Bellara et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sport and Social Issues2023Referências: 39

    Body weight is a common reason youth face stigma, yet it has received little attention from athletic coaches working closely with youth of diverse sizes. The present study assessed weight bias in middle and high school athletic coaches ( N = 320) via a survey of demographic characteristics and explicit weight bias ( Fat Phobia Scale-Short Form). Results indicate moderate levels of bias ( M = 3.44, SD = 0.42), with mean scores slightly lower compa…

  • “The most hurtful thing I've ever experienced”

    Open AccessSamantha E Lawrence, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2022

    Family members are some of the most common sources of weight stigma reported by youth and adults with higher body weight; however, little is known about the ways in which weight stigma manifests from different family members. To better understand the nature of weight stigma by family members, the current study qualitatively examined women's retrospective accounts of these experiences. Participants were 410 U.S. adult women engaged in a commercial…

  • Reducing Educators' Weight Bias

    Open AccessLeah M Lessard, Rebecca M PuhlARTICLEJournal of School Health2021

    BACKGROUND: Educators' negative weight biases toward students with high body weight have been well-documented. The present investigation examined whether inclusion of body weight in school anti-bullying policies is associated with lower levels of weight bias among educators. METHODS: Data on explicit weight bias was collected from a sample of secondary school teachers and principals in the United States (N = 246) and examined in relation to the p…

  • Prevalence and correlates of weight bias internalization in weight management

    Open AccessRebecca L Pearl, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2021

    Weight bias internalization (WBI) is an understudied form of internalized stigma, particularly among treatment-seeking adults with overweight/obesity. The current study surveyed 13,996 adults currently engaged in weight management in the first multinational study of WBI. From May to July 2020, participants in six Western countries completed the Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS-M) and measures of weight change, health behaviors, ps…

  • The Relationship between Weight Stigma, Physical Appearance Concerns, and Enjoyment and Tendency to Avoid Physical Activity and Sport

    Open AccessNadia Bevan, Kerry O’brien et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Participation in physical activity and sport is on the decline and there is a poor understanding of the psychosocial factors that contribute to people's reluctance to participate. We examined whether there were relationships between factors such as weight stigma, weight bias internalization, appearance evaluation, and fears of negative appearance evaluations, and enjoyment and avoidance of physical activity and sport. Undergraduate students ( N =…

  • Examining the relationship between weight controllability beliefs and eating behaviors

    Open AccessMora A Reinka, Diane M Quinn et al.ARTICLEAppetite2021Referências: 65

  • Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity

    Open AccessFrancesco Rubino, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLENature Medicine2020

    People with obesity commonly face a pervasive, resilient form of social stigma. They are often subject to discrimination in the workplace as well as in educational and healthcare settings. Research indicates that weight stigma can cause physical and psychological harm, and that affected individuals are less likely to receive adequate care. For these reasons, weight stigma damages health, undermines human and social rights, and is unacceptable in …

  • Bias-Based Bullying and School Adjustment among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents

    Open AccessLeah M Lessard, Ryan J Watson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2020Citada por: 7Referências: 60

  • Distressed or not distressed? A mixed methods examination of reactions to weight stigma and implications for emotional wellbeing and internalized weight bias

    Open AccessEllen V Pudney, Mary S Himmelstein et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020Citada por: 5Referências: 31

  • Family Weight Teasing, LGBTQ Attitudes, and Well-being Among LGBTQ Adolescents

    Merrill Eisenberg, Marla E Eisenberg et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2019

    This study explored weight-based victimization by family members, accepting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) attitudes, and family connectedness, and how these experiences are associated with health, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms among LGBTQ adolescents. Data came from the LGBTQ National Teen Survey (N = 9261, mean age = 15.6 years). The 3 key variables were significantly associated with poorer self-rated …

  • Evidence of Diverse Identities in a Large National Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents

    Open AccessR J Watson, Christopher W Wheldon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2019Citada por: 49Referências: 15

    Adolescence is a time of identity exploration, and preliminary evidence indicates the ways adolescents are describing their sexual and gender identities (SOGI) are changing. A nuanced understanding of SOGI is necessary for valid assessment in developmental research. Current measures do not capture the diversity of emerging identities among young people. Our study analyzed a national sample of 17,112 sexual and gender minority adolescents (13-17 y…

  • Weight-based victimization, eating behaviors, and weight-related health in Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents

    Open AccessMary S Himmelstein, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLEAppetite2019Citada por: 3Referências: 60

  • Predictors of parental leave support

    Open AccessJamie L Gloor, Xinxin Li et al.ARTICLEGroup Processes & Intergroup…2018Citada por: 2Referências: 9

    Parenthood increases gender inequality in paid (employment) and unpaid labor (e.g., caretaking). New parental leave plans aim to increase gender equality by reducing managerial discretion and offering gender-neutral benefits. However, coworkers may undermine these inclusive aims, particularly if they show variable support per employee characteristics. Thus, we examine why and how employee gender and obesity interactively predict coworkers’ suppor…

  • Intersectionality

    Open AccessMary S Himmelstein, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Preventive…2017

  • Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity

    Stephen J Pont, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLEPEDIATRICS2017

    The stigmatization of people with obesity is widespread and causes harm. Weight stigma is often propagated and tolerated in society because of beliefs that stigma and shame will motivate people to lose weight. However, rather than motivating positive change, this stigma contributes to behaviors such as binge eating, social isolation, avoidance of health care services, decreased physical activity, and increased weight gain, which worsen obesity an…

  • Empathy and perspective-taking

    Jamie L Gloor, Rebecca M PuhlARTICLEStigma and Health2016

    Considerable evidence indicates that individuals with obesity are vulnerable to stigma and discrimination. However, comparably less research has examined strategies to reduce weight bias, and the existing evidence is mixed. To help clarify these findings and incorporate prejudice-reduction interventions that have been successfully applied to other stigmatized groups (i.e., empathy-induction and perspective-taking), we experimentally tested and co…

  • The relationship between weight stigma and eating behavior is explained by weight bias internalization and psychological distress

    Open AccessKerry O’brien, Kerry S O'Brien et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016Citada por: 20Referências: 31

  • Health Consequences of Weight Stigma

    Open AccessRebecca M Puhl, Rebecca Puhl et al.ARTICLECurrent Obesity Reports2015

  • Differential effects of weight bias experiences and internalization on exercise among women with overweight and obesity

    Open AccessRebecca L Pearl, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2015Citada por: 13Referências: 23

    This study investigated the effects of experiences with weight stigma and weight bias internalization on exercise. An online sample of 177 women with overweight and obesity ( Mage = 35.48 years, MBMI = 32.81) completed questionnaires assessing exercise behavior, self-efficacy, and motivation; experiences of weight stigmatization; weight bias internalization; and weight-stigmatizing attitudes toward others. Weight stigma experiences positively cor…

  • Measuring internalized weight attitudes across body weight categories

    Rebecca L Pearl, Rebecca M PuhlARTICLEBody Image2014

  • The Stress of Stigma

    Natasha A Schvey, Rebecca M Puhl et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2014

    OBJECTIVE: To determine the physiological impact of exposure to weight stigma by examining alterations in salivary cortisol among lean and overweight women. METHODS: Participants were 123 lean and overweight adult women (mean body mass index = 26.99 [7.91] kg/m(2)). Participants' salivary cortisol was assessed both before and after either a weight stigmatizing or a neutral video. Participants completed self-report measures of mood and reactions t…

  • Setting policy priorities to address eating disorders and weight stigma

    Open AccessRebecca M Puhl, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Our findings suggest that both health and social policy actions will be important in broader policy initiatives to address eating disorders and weight stigma