Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1973

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Tittle, Charles

Abstract

Employing the interactionist framework, the fat person was conceived of as a social deviant engaged in the process of building and validating a workable identity. Fat persons were drawn from two theoretical pools reflecting high and low degrees of commitment to the fat role. It was hypothesized that the committed fat subjects would have significant others who approved the fatness. The data clearly supported this assertion. It was further hypothesized that committed fat people would experience a lesser degree of anxiety and depression than non-committed fats. Directional support was found for this hypothesis. However, considerable male-female differences exist regarding the role of commitment as an anxiety reducer. An hypothesis stating that committed fat people would exhibit a more positive self-concept than their less committed counterparts was not borne out by the data.

Extent

97 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13609

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