ArticleObesity surgery2022
From Weight Bias Internalization to Health-Related Quality of Life: Self-esteem and Psychopathology in Pre-bariatric Surgery Patients.
Article in Obesity surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Sex Differences in the Impact of Preoperative Psychological Factors on Weight Loss Following Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Weight stigma and bariatric surgery: Prospective improvements, psychological health, and weight.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Weight Stigma in the Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Context: Current State of the Literature, Conceptual Model, and Looking Forward.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Beyond the Physical: Weight Stigma and the Bariatric Patient Journey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The Relationship between Weight Bias Internalization and Quality of Life among Overweight and Obese Youths in Thailand.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2024Article
- The Application of Cohen's Stress-Buffering Model for Weight Bias Internalization in Prebariatric Patients.Obesity facts · 2024Article
- The relationship between internalized weight stigma and physical and mental health-related quality of life in a large sample of women: a structural equation modeling analysis.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- Developing and validating a Japanese version of the Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionIt has been reported that people seeking bariatric surgery have poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Weight bias internalization (WBI) is prevalent in this population and strongly associated with psychopathology and health status. However, the psychological mechanisms underlying the relationship between WBI and the physical and mental dimensions of HRQoL remain to be clarified.
methodsA preoperative sample of patients with obesity (N = 246; women = 75.2%; M
resultsAfter controlling for the effects of gender, age, and BMI, WBI was linked to poorer physical and mental HRQoL through low self-esteem and increased psychological distress, including anxiety and depressive symptoms.
conclusionIn pre-bariatric surgery patients with obesity, high WBI may predict impairments in mental and physical HRQoL by lowering self-esteem, and further increasing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Interventions targeting WBI may be an important aspect to consider in the clinical treatment of pre-bariatric surgery patients. Further longitudinal studies are warranted to determine causality.
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