Independent and opposing effects of self-complexity and weight-based social identity threat on well-being among larger-bodied people (opens in new tab)

This article examines the antagonistic effects of self-complexity and weight-based social identity threat on well-being among larger-bodied people. To this end, we conducted two experiments in which we manipulated self-complexity using a trait sorting task adapted for online studies and manipulated the salience of weight-based social identity threat using the mental imagery task. The results of both studies provided limited evidence that high self-complexity counteracts the negative effects o...