Maija B Taylor

Maija B. Taylor

Clinical Psychology (Health Psychology concentration), 2nd year PhD student

Email: maijat@bgsu.edu

Research Interests: Healthy living and weight loss interventions for families and groups. Incorporation of self-compassion, mindful eating, social reinforcement, and emotion regulation strategies into healthy living programs. Sweet food craving interventions and sugar-reduction interventions for college students. 

Hometown: Philadelphia, P.A.

Degrees:   B.A. (Psychology), Villanova University. 

                 M.A. (Clinical Health Psychology), Northern Arizona University.

Carels, R.A., Rossi, J., Taylor, M., Borushok, J., Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Cross, N., Hinman, N., Burmeister, J. M. (2015).  Influencing weight bias: The impact of biased questionnaire anchors on stereotype beliefs and judgments.  Obesity Research & Clinical Practice.  doi: .10.1016/j.orcp.2015.02.002.  In press. 

Carels, R. A., Rossi, J., Borushok, J., Taylor, M. B., Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Cross, N., Hinman, N., & Burmeister, J. M. (2015). Changes in weight bias and perceived employability following weight loss and gain. Obesity Surgery.  doi: 10.1007/s11695-014-1522-5.  In press.

Musher-Eizenman, D. R., Marx, J. M., & Taylor, M. B. (2015). It’s always snack time: An investigation of event scripts in young children. Appetite, 85, 66-69. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.11.013

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