SWAG Lab
Stigma, Weight, and Gender
Director: Dr. Mary Himmelstein
Kent State University, Department of Psychological Sciences
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The SWAG lab is a social and health psychology lab directed by Dr. Mary Himmelstein within the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State University. Our lab examines biopsychosocial mechanisms which influence health and disease processes. We conduct research broadly on identity, stress, and coping processes as they relate to weight stigma. We have a smaller secondary line on gender and masculinity.
Weight Stigma
Weight Stigma
Our work on weight stigma focuses on the multifaceted ways in which stigma processes related to devalued identities set off a cascade of physiological stress responses and attempts to cope. This work focuses on intersecting or overlapping social identities (weight, race, gender, sexuality), physical and psychological stress, as well as stigma-specific coping strategies as they contribute to health by either protecting or exacerbating risk for cardiometabolic disease.
Masculinity, Body Weight, & Body Image in Men
Masculinity, Body Weight, & Body Image in Men
Work in masculinity is a small secondary research line in the lab. Please note, Dr. H rarely takes students interested solely in masculinity work. Rather our work in masculinity of examines how social identity and beleifs about masculinity impact perceptions of one's own body and the bodies of others.
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