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Jennifer Webb

Psychological Science
Summary | Full Profile
Office: Colvard 4024
Phone: 704.687.1320
Email: jbest18@uncc.edu
Academic Interests
body acceptance
health disparities
metabolic disorders
mindfulness
multicultural college health promotion
obesity
self-regulation
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webb_jennifer_100_100Education:

  • B.A.: Harvard University
  • M.A., Ph.D.: University of Southern California

Specific Research Interests:

  • Socio-cultural contributors to health disparities in metabolic disorders and obesity in ethnically-diverse groups
  • Biopsychosocio-cultural determinants of weight gain and body composition changes in first-year college women from ethnically-diverse backgrounds
  • Multicultural college health promotion for preventing disordered eating, unhealthy weight gain, and body image disturbance in ethnically-diverse college women
  • Mindfulness, acceptance, and additional positive psychology-based approaches to enhancing the self-regulation of eating, appetite, weight, metabolism and overall well-being

Lab:

Mindfulness, Body Acceptance, Culture and Health Research Lab.

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