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Beneficial role of mindfulness interventions in reducing weight stigma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2024

Tao Yang*
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Cameron School of Business, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA

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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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