Category: Appearance Management

Fat! Ugly! Loser! Nerd! Stupid!

Dion, K., Berscheid, E., & Walster, E. (1972). What is beautiful is good. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 24(3), 285-290. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/h0033731.

Fredrickson, B. L., Roberts, T. A. (1997). Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21(2), 173-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00108.x.

Rumsey, N. & D. Harcourt (Eds.)(2012). The Oxford handbook of the psychology of appearance. Oxford University Press.

Being laughed at = painful emotional experience

Grogan, S. (2017). Body Image: Understanding body dissatisfaction in men, women and children. Routledge.

Magin, P., Adams, J., Heading, G., Pond, D., & Smith, W. (2008). Experiences of appearance-related teasing and bullying in skin diseases and their psychological sequelae: Results of a qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 22(3), 430-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00547.x.

Rumsey, N., & Harcourt, D. (2012). The Oxford handbook of the psychology of appearance. Oxford University Press.